Effects of Being Watched on Eye Gaze and Facial Displays of Typical and Autistic Individuals during Conversation

Autor/inn/en	Cañigueral, Roser; Ward, Jamie A; Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.
Titel	Effects of Being Watched on Eye Gaze and Facial Displays of Typical and Autistic Individuals during Conversation
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 25 (2021) 1, S.210-226 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cañigueral, Roser) ORCID (Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361320951691
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Eye Movements; Nonverbal Communication; Video Technology; Videoconferencing; Interaction; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Augenbewegung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Interaktion
Abstract	Communication with others relies on coordinated exchanges of social signals, such as eye gaze and facial displays. However, this can only happen when partners are able to see each other. Although previous studies report that autistic individuals have difficulties in planning eye gaze and making facial displays during conversation, evidence from real-life dyadic tasks is scarce and mixed. Across two studies, here we investigate how eye gaze and facial displays of typical and high-functioning autistic individuals are modulated by the belief in being seen and potential to show true gaze direction. Participants were recorded with an eye-tracking and video-camera system while they completed a structured Q&A task with a confederate under three social contexts: pre-recorded video, video-call and face-to-face. Typical participants gazed less to the confederate and produced more facial displays when they were being watched and when they were speaking. Contrary to our hypotheses, eye gaze and facial motion patterns in autistic participants were overall similar to the typical group. This suggests that high-functioning autistic participants are able to use eye gaze and facial displays as social signals. Future studies will need to investigate to what extent this reflects spontaneous behaviour or the use of compensation strategies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01