The relationship between atypical visual processing and social skills in young children with autism

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Title:	The relationship between atypical visual processing and social skills in young children with autism
Author(s):	Hellendoorn, A.; Langstraat, I.; Wijnroks, L.; Buitelaar, J.K. ; Daalen, E. van; Leseman, P.P.
Publication year:	2014
Source:	Research in Developmental Disabilities, vol. 35, iss. 2, (2014), pp. 423-428
ISSN:	0891-4222
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.11.012
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/136120
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Subject:	Radboudumc 7: Neurodevelopmental disorders DCMN: Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience
Organization:	Cognitive Neuroscience Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Journal title:	Research in Developmental Disabilities
Volume:	vol. 35
Issue:	iss. 2
Page start:	p. 423
Page end:	p. 428
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.