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  • Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit atypical visual attention and gaze patterns.
  • These patterns, including object preferences and attention shifting difficulties, are linked to restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To replicate and extend findings on visual exploration differences in ASD using eye-tracking.
  • To identify novel eye-tracking features using recurrent quantification analysis (RQA) that discriminate between ASD and typically developing (TD) groups.
  • To correlate these eye-tracking features with parent-reported RRBs and examine age-dependency.

Main Methods:

  • A visual exploration task was administered to a large sample of individuals with ASD (n=129, ages 6-54) and a TD comparison group.
  • Eye-tracking data were analyzed using traditional metrics and novel features derived from Recurrent Quantification Analysis (RQA).
  • Parental reports of repetitive behaviors were collected and correlated with eye-tracking measures.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with ASD explored fewer objects and had longer fixation durations on high-interest objects compared to TD individuals.
  • Novel eye-tracking features from RQA successfully discriminated between ASD and TD groups.
  • Both traditional and novel eye-tracking features correlated significantly with parent-reported repetitive behaviors, with RQA features showing age-dependent relationships.

Conclusions:

  • Eye-tracking reveals specific visual exploration differences in ASD, consistent with previous findings.
  • Recurrent Quantification Analysis provides novel, sensitive eye-tracking metrics for differentiating ASD and quantifying behavioral characteristics.
  • Eye-tracking, particularly with RQA, shows promise as an objective measure for assessing behavioral changes in ASD, complementing parent reports.