title: Face Scanning in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Human Versus Dog Face Scanning.
abstract: This study used eye tracking to explore attention allocation to human and dog faces in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and typical development (TD). Significant differences were found among the three groups. TD participants looked longer at the eyes than ASD and ADHD ones, irrespective of the faces presented. In spite of this difference, groups were similar in that they looked more to the eyes than to the mouth areas of interest. The ADHD group gazed longer at the mouth region than the other groups. Furthermore, groups were also similar in that they looked more to the dog than to the human faces. The eye-tracking technology proved to be useful for behavioral investigation in different neurodevelopmental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muszkat
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação e Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia Berlim
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Patricia de Oliveira Lima
authors.initials: Pde O
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Tania Kiehl
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lucci
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Vinicius Frayze
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: David
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: José de Oliveira
authors.initials: Jde O
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otta
keywords: ADHD; ASD; eye tracking; face scanning; neurodevelopmental disorders