Autistic children could be perceiving people’s faces differently, study suggests – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Tracking eye movements in autistic children has revealed that they might be perceiving and processing people's faces differently, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Houston, US, analysed social perception behaviour in almost 400 children, of whom 280 had autism, by monitoring eye movements as they looked at images. Children on the spectrum processed a face in an "exploratory" manner that included looking at regions that do not have social cues and require minimal gaze -- rather than immediately fixating on specific facial regions of interest, the team found. Children not having the neurodevelopmental condition showed fewer exploratory patterns in eye movements. Autistic children are known to have trouble with social skills, including looking another per...