2024
Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth
Franke C, Griffin J, Naples A, Wolf J, McPartland J. Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 39556296, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06636-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-autistic participantsSocial attentionSocial anxietyEye contactAutistic youthEyes of emotional facesSA characteristicsEye trackingReduced eye contactSelf-reported SAReduced visual attentionNon-autistic childrenEmotional facesAutistic participantsPsychiatric characteristicsNon-autistic youthAutistic individualsEmotional expressionVisual attentionEye regionBehavioral featuresSocial interactionAutismParticipantsCo-occurrenceAutistic Individuals Do Not Alter Visual Processing Strategy During Encoding Versus Recognition of Faces: A Hidden Markov Modeling Approach
Griffin J, Webb S, Keehn B, Dawson G, McPartland J. Autistic Individuals Do Not Alter Visual Processing Strategy During Encoding Versus Recognition of Faces: A Hidden Markov Modeling Approach. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-10. PMID: 38430386, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06259-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual processing strategiesAutistic individualsRecognition of facesEye movement patternsProcessing strategiesEye movementsEfficient face processingDynamics of eye movementsFace processingNT peersSource of difficultyRecognition phaseExploratory strategyMarkov modeling approachConclusionThese findingsEncodingIndividualsHidden Markov Model approachFaceAdolescentsRecognitionParticipantsPeer
2023
Investigating the Face Inversion Effect in Autism Across Behavioral and Neural Measures of Face Processing
Griffin J, Azu M, Cramer-Benjamin S, Franke C, Herman N, Iqbal R, Keifer C, Rosenthal L, McPartland J. Investigating the Face Inversion Effect in Autism Across Behavioral and Neural Measures of Face Processing. JAMA Psychiatry 2023, 80: 1026-1036. PMID: 37405787, PMCID: PMC10323765, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFace processing systemFace inversion effectAutism spectrum disorderInversion effectFace processingNeurotypical sampleAutistic individualsEffect sizeHuman social cognitionPerformance differencesFace recognition taskPerformance-based measuresSocial cognitionNeural measuresNeurotypical individualsPsychological constructsNeural responsesSpectrum disorderElectrophysiological measuresRecognition taskBrain functioningBehavioral paradigmsRecognition demandsIdentity recognitionNeural systems