Boraston Zillah, Blakemore Sarah-Jayne
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
J Physiol. 2007 Jun 15;581(Pt 3):893-8. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.133587. Epub 2007 Apr 12.
For many decades, eye-tracking has been used to investigate gaze behaviour in the normal population. Recent studies have extended its use to individuals with disorders on the autism spectrum. Such studies typically focus on the processing of socially salient stimuli. In this review, we discuss the potential for this technique to reveal the strategies adopted by individuals with high-functioning autism when processing social information. Studies suggest that eye-tracking techniques have the potential to offer insight into the downstream difficulties in everyday social interaction which such individuals experience.
几十年来,眼动追踪技术一直被用于研究正常人群的注视行为。最近的研究将其应用扩展到了自闭症谱系障碍患者。此类研究通常聚焦于对社会显著刺激的处理。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了该技术揭示高功能自闭症患者在处理社会信息时所采用策略的潜力。研究表明,眼动追踪技术有潜力深入了解这类个体在日常社交互动中所经历的下游困难。