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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Ophthalmology

Background:

  • Developmental language disorder (DLD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) share overlapping behavioral characteristics.
  • Research on visual scanning patterns (VSP) in autistic children is extensive, but scarce for children with DLD.
  • Understanding face processing differences is crucial for early diagnosis and intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the VSP of faces in young children with DLD, autism, and typically developing peers.
  • To investigate the influence of emotion, gender, and age on face VSP in these groups.
  • To identify common and distinct VSP markers for DLD and autism.

Main Methods:

  • Two eye-tracking experiments were conducted with children aged 32-74 months.
  • Paired preference tasks presented simultaneous face images to assess attentional orientation, visual preference, and processing depth.
  • VSP was operationalized by analyzing gaze patterns in response to varying facial stimuli.

Main Results:

  • Two common VSP markers were identified for both DLD and autism: superficial face processing and late orientation to angry and child faces.
  • Children with DLD showed a typical preference for child faces, unlike autistic children who exhibited a diminished preference.
  • These findings suggest shared and distinct visual attention patterns related to face processing in DLD and autism.

Conclusions:

  • Difficulties in face attention for children with DLD have been underestimated, showing similarities to autism.
  • Eye-tracking and VSP analysis can aid in assessing face attention and improving early differential diagnosis for DLD and autism.
  • Clinical practices should consider these findings to better identify and support children with DLD.