title: Gaze-Contingent Display Changes as New Window on Analytical and Holistic Face Perception in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
abstract: The strength of holistic face perception in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was evaluated by applying the gaze-contingent mask and window technique to a face matching and discrimination task in 6- to 14-year-old children with (n = 36) and without ASD (n = 47), and by examining fixation patterns. Behavioral results suggested a slower and less efficient face processing in the ASD sample compared with the matched control group. Comparing the moving mask and window conditions revealed a reduced holistic face processing bias in the younger age group but not in the older sample. Preferential viewing patterns revealed both similarities and differences between both participant groups.
authors.affiliation: KU Leuven.|UPC-KU Leuven.
authors.forename: Kris
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.affiliation: University of Louvain.
authors.forename: Goedele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Belle
authors.affiliation: UPC-KU Leuven.|University Hospital Maastricht.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steyaert
authors.affiliation: KU Leuven.|Massachusetts General Hospital.
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Noens
authors.affiliation: KU Leuven.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagemans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D000066499:Facial Recognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception