Gaze contingent joint attention with an avatar in children with and without ASD

Gillian Little; Lizann Bonnar; Steve Kelly; Katrin Solveig Lohan; Gnanathusharan Rajendran

doi:10.1109/DEVLRN.2016.7846780

Gaze contingent joint attention with an avatar in children with and without ASD

Gillian Little , Lizann Bonnar, Steve Kelly, Katrin Solveig Lohan, Gnanathusharan Rajendran

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Abstract

Problems with joint attention (JA) are core features of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Here, we investigate how typically developing (TD) children and children with ASD respond to joint attention (RJA) and initiate joint attention (IJA) with a gaze contingent avatar. Thirty-one participants with ASD and 33 TD matched controls followed and directed the avatar's gaze to a series of referent images. Viewing times and recognition memory for the referent images were measured and compared between RJA and IJA conditions. Analysis of correctly identified target images suggests comparable target recognition between IJA and RJA conditions for both groups, but poorer overall recognition memory in the ASD group. Eye tracking data suggests different viewing strategies between the ASD and TD groups. These findings demonstrate the importance of considering processing time and saliency of referent objects when creating interactive social technology for children with ASD and further highlights the potential of interactive, gaze contingent social characters for enhancing our knowledge of joint attention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	15-20
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781509050697
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2016.7846780
Publication status	Published - 9 Feb 2017
Event	6th Joint IEEE International Conferenceon on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics 2016 - Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France Duration: 19 Sept 2016 → 22 Sept 2016 https://www.codefror.eu/icdl_workshop

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2161-9484

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Conference	6th Joint IEEE International Conferenceon on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics 2016
Abbreviated title	ICDL-EPIROB 2016
Country/Territory	France
City	Cergy-Pontoise, Paris
Period	19/09/16 → 22/09/16
Internet address	https://www.codefror.eu/icdl_workshop

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Little , G., Bonnar, L., Kelly, S., Lohan, K. S., & Rajendran, G. (2017). Gaze contingent joint attention with an avatar in children with and without ASD. In 2016 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob) (pp. 15-20). (IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2016.7846780

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Little , G, Bonnar, L, Kelly, S, Lohan, KS & Rajendran, G 2017, Gaze contingent joint attention with an avatar in children with and without ASD. in 2016 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob). IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, IEEE, pp. 15-20, 6th Joint IEEE International Conferenceon on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics 2016, Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France, 19/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2016.7846780

Gaze contingent joint attention with an avatar in children with and without ASD. / Little , Gillian; Bonnar, Lizann; Kelly, Steve et al.
2016 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob). IEEE, 2017. p. 15-20 (IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning).

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