2024
Spatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children
Griffin J, Naples A, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste S, Kleinhans N, Sugar C, Webb S, Shic F, McPartland J, Trials A. Spatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024 PMID: 39237004, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReduced social attentionEye movement patternsSocial attentionVisual processingLongitudinal time pointsClinical features of autismContext of social perceptionAutism symptom severityFeatures of autismEarly visual processingWell-characterized sampleFace regionSymptom severityNeurotypical childrenAdaptive functioningExploratory patternsSocial difficultiesSocial perceptionAutismAutistic ChildrenFace informationTime pointsAssociated with clinical featuresFace recognitionDecreased likelihoodInfant Social Attention Associated with Elevated Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Multi-Method Comparison
Fu X, Platt E, Shic F, Bradshaw J. Infant Social Attention Associated with Elevated Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Multi-Method Comparison. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 38678515, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06360-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeasures of attentionAutism spectrum disorderEye trackingEL infantsAtypical social attentionAnalysis of attentionNonsocial attentionSatisfactory success rateNonsocial informationMonths of ageAge-related changesSpectrum disorderGroup differencesSocial attentionAttention patternsFamilial likelihoodGaze allocationElevated likelihoodInfantsEarly markersLongitudinal studyInfant ageManual codingMulti-method comparisonSuccess rate
2023
Development of webcam‐collected and artificial‐intelligence‐derived social and cognitive performance measures for neurodevelopmental genetic syndromes
Frazier T, Busch R, Klaas P, Lachlan K, Jeste S, Kolevzon A, Loth E, Harris J, Speer L, Pepper T, Anthony K, Graglia J, Delagrammatikas C, Bedrosian‐Sermone S, Smith‐Hicks C, Huba K, Longyear R, Green‐Snyder L, Shic F, Sahin M, Eng C, Hardan A, Uljarević M. Development of webcam‐collected and artificial‐intelligence‐derived social and cognitive performance measures for neurodevelopmental genetic syndromes. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars In Medical Genetics 2023, 193: e32058. PMID: 37534867, PMCID: PMC10543620, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.32058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive processesSingle word readingCognitive performance measuresStimulus paradigmParent-report measuresGaze-based measuresEvidence of convergentNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesInitial psychometric evaluationDiscriminant validity analysesReceptive vocabularyCognitive functioningSocial attentionNeurotypical controlsProcessing difficultiesExamination of sensitivityInternal consistency reliabilityBehavioral constructsDiscriminant validityPerformance measuresValidity analysisPsychometric evaluationIntellectual disabilityAdditional validation workConsistency reliabilityStratification of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Fusion of Temporal Information in Eye-gaze Scan-Paths
Atyabi A, Shic F, Jiang J, Foster C, Barney E, Kim M, Li B, Ventola P, Chen C. Stratification of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Fusion of Temporal Information in Eye-gaze Scan-Paths. ACM Transactions On Knowledge Discovery From Data 2023, 17: 1-20. DOI: 10.1145/3539226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderEye gaze patternsSocial referencingSpectrum disorderTemporal informationTheory of mindEye gaze featuresEye-tracking dataEye gaze dataConvolutional neural networkRaw eye-tracking dataSocial attentionTD groupTypical developmentVideo stimuliSocial impairmentGaze patternsEye movementsNaturalistic studyDeep learning modelsScan pathScanpathsMeaningful variationChildrenLearning model
2022
Distinct social attention profiles in preschoolers with autism contrasted to fragile X syndrome
Wall C, Shic F, Varanasi S, Roberts J. Distinct social attention profiles in preschoolers with autism contrasted to fragile X syndrome. Autism Research 2022, 16: 340-354. PMID: 36408848, PMCID: PMC9957831, DOI: 10.1002/aur.2857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-syndromic autism spectrum disorderAttention profilesSocial attentionSocial anxietyEye contactFacial attentionASD severityFragile X syndromeSocial attention deficitsReduced eye contactCross-syndrome approachAutism spectrum disorderCo-occurring diagnosesAttention difficultiesNT childrenAttention deficitsSocial avoidanceSpectrum disorderX syndromePreschool childrenCritical skillsAnxietyIntellectual disabilityIntellectual impairmentChildren
2019
P.507 Visual activity monitoring and social attention in autism spectrum disorder: effect of context and age
Kaliukhovich D, Manyakov N, Bangerter A, Ness S, Skalkin A, Boice M, Shic F, Pandina G. P.507 Visual activity monitoring and social attention in autism spectrum disorder: effect of context and age. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 29: s357-s358. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.09.513.Peer-Reviewed Original Research