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Matsuda S, Minagawa Y, Yamamoto J. Gaze Behavior of Children with ASD toward Pictures of Facial Expressions. Autism Res Treat. 2015;2015:617190doi: 10.1155/2015/617190.
Matsuda, S., Minagawa, Y., & Yamamoto, J. (2015). Gaze Behavior of Children with ASD toward Pictures of Facial Expressions. Autism research and treatment, 2015617190. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/617190
Matsuda, Soichiro, et al. "Gaze Behavior of Children with ASD toward Pictures of Facial Expressions." Autism research and treatment vol. 2015 (2015): 617190. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/617190
Matsuda S, Minagawa Y, Yamamoto J. Gaze Behavior of Children with ASD toward Pictures of Facial Expressions. Autism Res Treat. 2015;2015:617190. doi: 10.1155/2015/617190. Epub 2015 May 19. PMID: 26090223; PMCID: PMC4452249.
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Autism Res Treat. 2015;2015:617190. doi: 10.1155/2015/617190. Epub 2015 May 19.

Gaze Behavior of Children with ASD toward Pictures of Facial Expressions.

Autism research and treatment

Soichiro Matsuda, Yasuyo Minagawa, Junichi Yamamoto

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Japan ; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.
  2. Department of Psychology, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Japan ; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.

PMID: 26090223 PMCID: PMC4452249 DOI: 10.1155/2015/617190

Abstract

Atypical gaze behavior in response to a face has been well documented in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Children with ASD appear to differ from typically developing (TD) children in gaze behavior for spoken and dynamic face stimuli but not for nonspeaking, static face stimuli. Furthermore, children with ASD and TD children show a difference in their gaze behavior for certain expressions. However, few studies have examined the relationship between autism severity and gaze behavior toward certain facial expressions. The present study replicated and extended previous studies by examining gaze behavior towards pictures of facial expressions. We presented ASD and TD children with pictures of surprised, happy, neutral, angry, and sad facial expressions. Autism severity was assessed using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). The results showed that there was no group difference in gaze behavior when looking at pictures of facial expressions. Conversely, the children with ASD who had more severe autistic symptomatology had a tendency to gaze at angry facial expressions for a shorter duration in comparison to other facial expressions. These findings suggest that autism severity should be considered when examining atypical responses to certain facial expressions.

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