Children with ASD show lower eye movement consistency than age- and IQ-matched typically developing children, with no difference in eye movement pattern¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 ASD children had significantly higher overall eye movement entropy than TD children (effect size d = 0.68). → Hsiao 2022 q3 i? ASD children did not differ from TD children in EN scale (eye movement pattern). → Hsiao 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Hsiao 2022¶

Hsiao, J. H., An, J., Hui, V. K. S., Zheng, Y. & Chan, A. B. (2022). Understanding the role of eye movement consistency in face recognition and autism through integrating deep neural networks and hidden Markov models. npj Science of Learning 7:28. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00139-6

q3 · i2 · associational · r2

Human comparison study of 22 children with ASD and 22 age- and IQ-matched TD children performing the face recognition task. "the ASD children ... had significantly higher overall entropy than TD children", printed effect size d = 0.68.

"the ASD children (M = 10.13, SD = 0.58) had significantly higher overall entropy than TD children (M = 9.74, SD = 0.55), t(42) = 2.24, p = 0.015, d = 0.68, 95% CI = [0.06, 1.28]"

Hsiao 2022 (2)¶

Hsiao, J. H., An, J., Hui, V. K. S., Zheng, Y. & Chan, A. B. (2022). Understanding the role of eye movement consistency in face recognition and autism through integrating deep neural networks and hidden Markov models. npj Science of Learning 7:28. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00139-6

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Same study: the group comparison on eye movement pattern (EN scale) was not significant; equivalence was not tested. The article notes ASD and TD groups also did not differ in AQ Attention to Detail.

"they (M = 0.005, SD = 0.04) did not have lower EN scale than TD children (M = 0.16, SD = 0.03), t(42) = −1.06, p = 0.147, d = −0.32, 95% CI = [−0.91, 0.27]"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In children, lower eye movement consistency correlates with autistic traits specifically in social skills — related
• Children's eye movement consistency is associated with selective attention and executive function, whereas eye movement pattern relates to working memory — related
• In typically developing children aged 6–11, face recognition performance is predicted by eye movement consistency but not by eye movement pattern — related