The relationship between atypical visual processing and social skills in young children with autism |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Special Education, Cognitive and Motor Disabilities, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.140, Utrecht 3508 TC, The Netherlands;2. Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. University of South Carolina, Department of Psychology, Columbia, SC, United States;2. University of Houston, Department of Educational Psychology, Houston, TX, United States;3. Vanderbilt University, Department of Special Education, Nashville, TN, United States;1. Department of Special Education, Centre for Cognitive and Motor Development, Utrecht University, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States;2. New England Pediatric Institute of Neurodevelopment, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, United States;3. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, United States;4. Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, United States;1. Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;2. Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined whether atypical visual processing is related to the level of social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Thirty-eight young children with ASD (29 boys, 9 girls) were included. Atypical visual processing was assessed by coding the number of lateral glances and the amount of object grouping behavior on videotaped observations of the ADOS (aged 35 ± 9 months). The level of social skills was measured using the subscale interpersonal relationships of the Vineland SEEC (32 ± 7 months). A negative relationship with a medium effect size was found between lateral glances and interpersonal relationships. Object grouping behavior and interpersonal relationships were not related. This study suggests that visual perception may be a mechanism in the development of interpersonal relationships in ASD, which is in accordance with an embodied approach to social cognition. |
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| Keywords: | Autism Atypical visual processing Social skills Embodiment |
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