TY - JOUR
T1 - Eye-Tracking in Infants and Young Children at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
T2 - A Systematic Review of Visual Stimuli in Experimental Paradigms
AU - Mastergeorge, Ann M.
AU - Kahathuduwa, Chanaka
AU - Blume, Jessica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Eye-tracking represents a sensitive, direct measure of gaze allocation and goal-directed looking behaviors that correspond to visual information processing. Clear definitions and standardization of research protocols to document the utility and feasibility of these methods are warranted. This systematic review provides an account of stimuli dimensions and experimental paradigms used in eye-tracking research for young children at risk for ASD published from 2005 through 2019. This review identifies variability in eye-tracking protocols and heterogeneity of stimuli used for eye-tracking as factors that undermine the value of eye-tracking as an objective, reliable screening tool. We underscore the importance of sharing eye-tracking stimuli to enhance replicability of findings and more importantly the need to develop a bank of publicly available, validated stimuli.
AB - Eye-tracking represents a sensitive, direct measure of gaze allocation and goal-directed looking behaviors that correspond to visual information processing. Clear definitions and standardization of research protocols to document the utility and feasibility of these methods are warranted. This systematic review provides an account of stimuli dimensions and experimental paradigms used in eye-tracking research for young children at risk for ASD published from 2005 through 2019. This review identifies variability in eye-tracking protocols and heterogeneity of stimuli used for eye-tracking as factors that undermine the value of eye-tracking as an objective, reliable screening tool. We underscore the importance of sharing eye-tracking stimuli to enhance replicability of findings and more importantly the need to develop a bank of publicly available, validated stimuli.
KW - Eye-tracking
KW - Gaze behavior
KW - Infants
KW - Screening
KW - Young children
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092065776&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-020-04731-w
DO - 10.1007/s10803-020-04731-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 33011860
AN - SCOPUS:85092065776
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 51
SP - 2578
EP - 2599
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 8
ER -