assumed that social attention difficulties in autism continue unchanged through life. The result could be explained by our use of a very able, adult sample, supporting the evidence that social attention skills develop over time. It also could be explained by the use of a uni- modal, static stimulus set, supporting the view that autistic social attention can operate effectively in controlled experimental settings. These results call for a more systematic analysis of the social attention literature in autism across the different tasks, such as interactive, dynamic joint attention tasks and computer-based gaze-following tasks, that until now have been equated. In addition, the development of social attention in both children and adults with ASD should be further researched, as well its relationship to the use of social cues in real life.
assumed that social attention difficulties in autism continue unchanged through life. The result could be explained by our use of a very able, adult sample, supporting the evidence that social attention skills develop over time. It also could be explained by the use of a uni- modal, static stimulus set, supporting the view that autistic social attention can operate effectively in controlled experimental settings. These results call for a more systematic analysis of the social attention literature in autism across the different tasks, such as interactive, dynamic joint attention tasks and computer-based gaze-following tasks, that until now have been equated. In addition, the development of social attention in both children and adults with ASD should be further researched, as well its relationship to the use of social cues in real life.
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