2019
Promoting social attention in 3‐year‐olds with ASD through gaze‐contingent eye tracking
Wang Q, Wall CA, Barney EC, Bradshaw JL, Macari SL, Chawarska K, Shic F. Promoting social attention in 3‐year‐olds with ASD through gaze‐contingent eye tracking. Autism Research 2019, 13: 61-73. PMID: 31468735, PMCID: PMC7256927, DOI: 10.1002/aur.2199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderCue groupPost trainingGaze-contingent trainingNon-ASD peersLow nonverbal abilityDecrease of attentionLarger training effectsGreater cognitive impairmentCurrent behavioral interventionsNonverbal abilityCue conditionTD controlsAttention difficultiesSpectrum disorderSocial learningBehavioral interventionsTraining effectsCognitive impairmentYoung childrenPre trainingSocial characterChildrenTrainingFace
2012
Context modulates attention to social scenes in toddlers with autism
Chawarska K, Macari S, Shic F. Context modulates attention to social scenes in toddlers with autism. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2012, 53: 903-913. PMID: 22428993, PMCID: PMC3845814, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02538.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial attentionSpeaker's faceTypical developmentSocial scenesAtypical language profileDistribution of attentionPresence of salientNonsocial cuesAttentional responsesSocial cognitionTD controlsLanguage profilesNonverbal functioningEye contactLip movementsAutismEntire sceneSocial monitoringCuesToddlersVisual fieldSymptom severityPresent momentVisual responsesDevelopmental delay