Universität zu Köln

Bockler, Anne, Timmermans, Bert ORCID: 0000-0002-0404-8912, Sebanz, Natalie, Vogeley, Kai and Schilbach, Leonhard ORCID: 0000-0001-5547-8309 (2014). Effects of Observing Eye Contact on Gaze Following in High-Functioning Autism. J. Autism Dev. Disord., 44 (7). S. 1651 - 1659. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1573-3432

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Abstract

Observing eye contact between others enhances the tendency to subsequently follow their gaze and has been suggested to function as a social signal that adds meaning to an upcoming action or event. The present study investigated effects of observed eye contact in high-functioning autism (HFA). Two faces on a screen either looked at or away from each other before providing congruent or incongruent gaze cues to one of two target locations. In contrast to control participants, HFA participants did not depict enhanced gaze following after observing eye contact. Individuals with autism, hence, do not seem to process observed mutual gaze as a social signal indicating the relevance of upcoming (gaze) behaviour. This may be based on the reduced tendency of individuals with HFA to engage in social gaze behavior themselves, and might underlie some of the characteristic deficiencies in social communicative behaviour in autism.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bockler, Anne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Timmermans, Bert UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0404-8912 UNSPECIFIED Sebanz, Natalie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogeley, Kai UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schilbach, Leonhard UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5547-8309 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-434786
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-014-2038-5
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Autism Dev. Disord.
Volume:	44
Number:	7
Page Range:	S. 1651 - 1659
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-3432
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language JOINT ATTENTION; CHILDREN; COMPETENCE; PERCEPTION; INFANT; FACE; MIND Multiple languages Psychology, Developmental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43478