title: Brief Report: Using a Point-of-View Camera to Measure Eye Gaze in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During Naturalistic Social Interactions: A Pilot Study.
abstract: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show reduced gaze to social partners. Eye contact during live interactions is often measured using stationary cameras that capture various views of the child, but determining a child's precise gaze target within another's face is nearly impossible. This study compared eye gaze coding derived from stationary cameras to coding derived from a "point-of-view" (PoV) camera on the social partner. Interobserver agreement for gaze targets was higher using PoV cameras relative to stationary cameras. PoV camera codes, but not stationary cameras codes, revealed a difference between gaze targets of children with ASD and typically developing children. PoV cameras may provide a more sensitive method for measuring eye contact in children with ASD during live interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. sre26@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Edmunds
authors.affiliation: School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 85 5th St Nw, Technology Square Research Building, Room 218a, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozga
authors.affiliation: School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 85 5th St Nw, Technology Square Research Building, Room 218a, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Karp
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Ibanez
authors.affiliation: School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 85 5th St Nw, Technology Square Research Building, Room 218a, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rehg
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D053483:Eye Movement Measurements / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects
keywords: Autism; Behavioral coding; Eye gaze; Measurement; Social interaction