Takashi Fujisawa|Shiho Tanaka|Daisuke N. Saito|Hirotaka Kosaka|Akemi Tomoda
Visual attention for social information and salivary oxytocin levels in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders: an eye-tracking study
University of Fukui|Kanazawa University|Chiba University|Hamamatsu University School of Medicine|Osaka University|University of Fukui|University of Fukui|Kanazawa University|Chiba University|Hamamatsu University School of Medicine|Osaka University|University of Fukui|Kanazawa University|Chiba University|Hamamatsu University School of Medicine|Osaka University|University of Fukui|Kanazawa University|Chiba University|Hamamatsu University School of Medicine|Osaka University
study designed ascertain relationship visual attention social information oxytocin ot levels japanese preschool children autism spectrum disorder asd hypothesized poor visual attention social information low ot levels crucially important risk factors associated asd measured pattern gaze fixation social information using eyetracking system salivary ot levels enzymelinked immunosorbent assay elisa positive association salivary ot levels fixation duration indicated object area fingerpointing movie typically developing td children however association found variables children asd moreover age decreased individuals attention people moving pointedat objects increased attention mouthintheface recognition geometric patterns biological motions thus ot levels likely vary visual attention social information td children asd aging preschool children considerable effect visual attention social information