Attention to live eye contact in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
Attention to live eye contact in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
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DOI：
10.1002/aur.2676
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发表时间：
2022-01-25
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Hasegawa, Toshikazu
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作者：
Kikuchi, Yukiko;Akechi, Hironori;Hasegawa, Toshikazu
许多研究报告说，自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者对眼睛的注意力减少。这些研究主要使用静态的面部图像作为刺激。然而，最近的研究表明，在典型发育（TD）个体中，当他们在现场互动中观察一个人时，对眼神接触的反应增强。我们调查了ASD和TD青少年在观察一个人在现场互动或观看同一个人的脸的照片时，对感知到的眼神接触的生理取向。我们测量心率（HR）减速作为注意力定向的指标。ASD青少年和TD青少年在现场条件下与转移视线相比，直接注视时HR显著减速，但在摄影条件下则不然。结果表明，在现场面对面的互动过程中，ASD患者对感知到的眼神接触有完整的反应。摘要自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者在观察照片面部时有不同的眼睛凝视模式。然而，人们对ASD患者如何处理真实的人脸知之甚少。我们测量了心率（HR），发现患有ASD的青少年在与真实的人进行目光接触时表现出典型的HR下降，这表明两组个体在面对面的互动中都将注意力集中在目光接触上。
A number of studies have reported diminished attention to the eyes in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These studies predominantly used static images of faces as stimuli. Recent studies, however, have shown enhanced response to eye contact in typically developing (TD) individuals when they observe a person in a live interaction. We investigated physiological orienting to perceived eye contact in adolescents with ASD and TD adolescents when they observed a person in live interaction or viewed a photograph of the same person's face. We measured heart rate (HR) deceleration as an index of attentional orienting. Adolescents with ASD, as well as TD adolescents, showed significant HR deceleration for the direct gaze compared to an averted gaze in the live condition, but not in the photographic condition. The results suggest an intact response to perceived eye contact in individuals with ASD during a live face-to-face interaction. Lay Summary Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a different eye gaze pattern when observing photographic faces. However, little is known about how individuals with ASD process a real person's face. We measured heart rate (HR) and found that adolescents with ASD showed the typical decline in HR when they made eye contact with a real person, which suggests that both groups of individuals directed their attention to eye contact in a live face-to-face interaction.