title: Gaze and visual search strategies of children with Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism viewing a magic trick.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine visual search patterns and strategies used by children with and without Asperger syndrome/high functioning autism (AS/HFA) while watching a magic trick. Limited responsivity to gaze cues is hypothesised to contribute to social deficits in children with AS/HFA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-one children with AS/HFA and 31 matched peers viewed a video of a gaze-cued magic trick twice. Between the viewings, they were informed about how the trick was performed. Participants' eye movements were recorded using a head-mounted eye-tracker.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children with AS/HFA looked less frequently and had shorter fixation on the magician's direct and averted gazes during both viewings and more frequently at not gaze-cued objects and on areas outside the magician's face. After being informed of how the trick was conducted, both groups made fewer fixations on gaze-cued objects and direct gaze.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Information may enhance effective visual strategies in children with and without AS/HFA.
authors.affiliation: a School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, CHIRI, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joosten
authors.affiliation: a School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, CHIRI, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Girdler
authors.affiliation: b School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.affiliation: a School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, CHIRI, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Horlin
authors.affiliation: a School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, CHIRI, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .|c School of Education and Communication, CHILD Programme, Institute of Disability Research, Jönköping University , Sweden .
authors.forename: Marita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falkmer
authors.affiliation: a School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, CHIRI, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: d Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (IMH), Faculty of Health Sciences , Linköping University & Pain and Rehabilitation Centre , Linköping , Sweden , and.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ordqvist
authors.affiliation: e School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University , Sweden.
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.affiliation: a School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, CHIRI, Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia , Australia .|d Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (IMH), Faculty of Health Sciences , Linköping University & Pain and Rehabilitation Centre , Linköping , Sweden , and.
authors.forename: Torbjörn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Falkmer
mesh_terms: D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003463:Cues; D008192:Deception; D005133:Eye Movements; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008273:Magic / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012919:Social Behavior; D014796:Visual Perception
keywords: Eye tracking; naturalistic stimuli; social gaze behaviour; visual perception