Impairments to visual disengagement in autism spectrum disorder: A review of experimental studies from infancy to adulthood

Sacrey, Lori‐Ann R.; Armstrong, Vickie; Bryson, Susan E.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.10.011

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“…While effect sizes were small (.11 for attention orienting and .15 for social positive engagement), the predictive utility of these very early emerging indices as precursors to joint attention is significant from a developmental and clinical perspective. Notably, abnormalities in visual attention (specifically visual attention disengagement) have not only been identified as a potential early marker of autism spectrum disorder, but are also thought to play a role in observed social communication deficits including joint attention (for recent reviews see Klin, Shultz, & Jones, 2015; Sacrey, Armstrong, Bryson, & Zwaigenbaum, 2014). Recent work has also shown that infants with ASD who were able to more efficiently disengage attention from an event of interest also demonstrated more frequent later joint attention behaviors (Schietecatte, Roeyers, & Warreyn, 2012).…”

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Infants’ early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention.

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Neal-Beevers³

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Developmental Psychology

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This study examined infants’ early visual attention (at 1 month of age) and social engagement (4 months) as predictors of their later joint attention (12 and 18 months). The sample (n=325), drawn from the Maternal Lifestyle Study, a longitudinal multicenter project conducted at four centers of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network, included high-risk (cocaine exposed) and matched non-cocaine exposed infants. Hierarchical regressions revealed that infants’ attention orienting at 1 month significantly predicted more frequent initiating joint attention at 12 (but not 18) months of age. Social engagement at 4 months predicted initiating joint attention at 18 months. Results provide the first empirical evidence for the role of visual attention and social engagement behaviors as developmental precursors for later joint attention outcome.

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Infants’ early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention.

Salley¹,

Sheinkopf²,

Neal-Beevers³

et al. 2016

Developmental Psychology

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“…Eye tracking has also been used to assess impairments in visual disengagement—the ability to withdraw attention from one stimulus in order to shift to another while the first is still present—reported in older children and adults with ASD 103. In three prospective studies, high risk infants who were subsequently diagnosed as having ASD had prolonged disengage latencies 34104105106.…”

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Autism spectrum disorder: advances in diagnosis and evaluation

Zwaigenbaum

Penner

2018

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a variety of causes, and its clinical expression is generally associated with substantial disability throughout the lifespan. Recent advances have led to earlier diagnosis, and deep phenotyping efforts focused on high risk infants have helped advance the characterization of early behavioral trajectories. Moreover, biomarkers that measure early structural and functional connectivity, visual orienting, and other biological processes have shown promise in detecting the risk of autism spectrum disorder even before the emergence of overt behavioral symptoms. Despite these advances, the mean age of diagnosis is still 4-5 years. Because of the broad consistency in published guidelines, parameters for high quality comprehensive assessments are available; however, such models are resource intensive and high demand can result in greatly increased waiting times. This review describes advances in detecting early behavioral and biological markers, current options and controversies in screening for the disorder, and best practice in its diagnostic evaluation including emerging data on innovative service models.

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“…Several researchers have suggested that these early atypical patterns of visual attention are a part of a cascade of events that may contribute to a later diagnosis of ASD (Landry, Mitchell, & Burack, 2009;Sacrey, Armstrong, Bryson, & Zwaigenbaum, 2014). These findings can also be nuanced.…”

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Why We Should Study the Broader Autism Phenotype in Typically Developing Populations

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2016

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Impairments to visual disengagement in autism spectrum disorder: A review of experimental studies from infancy to adulthood

Cited by 131 publications

References 128 publications

Infants’ early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention.

Infants’ early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention.

Autism spectrum disorder: advances in diagnosis and evaluation

Why We Should Study the Broader Autism Phenotype in Typically Developing Populations

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