Neural correlates of eye-gaze detection in young children with autism
Abstract
Various reports have demonstrated difficulties in eye-gaze processing in older children and adults with autism. However, little is known about the neural or developmental origin of such difficulties. In the present study, we used high-density Event-Related Potentials (HD-ERPs) to record the neural correlates of gaze processing in young children with autism, and their age-matched controls. In addition, to determine normal gaze processing development we also tested a non-autism adult group. The data obtained from the children with autism resembled that previously observed in typical 4-month old infants. In contrast, the control group showed the same pattern as typical adults. These findings suggest that the neural correlates of gaze direction processing may be delayed in young children with autism.
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Deficits in eye contact have been a hallmark of autism since the condition's initial description.
“Deficits in eye contact have been a hallmark of autism 1,2 since the condition's initial description 3 .”
From Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2–6-month-old infants later diagnosed with autism (2013) · cites this paper as [1]
Grice et al. (2005) found that their sample of young children (mean age 61 months) and age-and sex-matched TD controls showed significantly different High Density ERP responses to faces with direct and averted gaze.
“However, Grice et al. (2005) found that their sample of young children (mean age 61 months) and age-and sex-matched TD controls showed significantly different High Density ERP responses to faces with direct and averted gaze.”
From Vision in autism spectrum disorders (2009) · cites this paper as Grice et al. (2005)
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- Authors
- Grice, S. J., Halit, H., Farroni, T., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolton, P., & Johnson, M. H.
- Affiliations
- Birkbeck, University of London (GB)
- University of Padua (IT)
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Johnson, Mark H.
- Venue
- Cortex
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 342-353
- ISSN
- 0010-9452 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1999061147
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cortex (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (073985)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, gaze direction, neural correlates, developmental delay, young children, event-related potentials, social cognition, infant development
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Autistic Disorder, Brain, Child, Child, Preschool, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Female, Humans, Male, Time Factors, Visual Perception
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