Face Recognition and Visual Search Strategies in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Amending and Extending a Recent Review by Weigelt et al

The purpose of this review was to build upon a recent review by Weigelt et al. which examined visual search strategies and face identification between individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and typically developing peers. Seven databases, CINAHL Plus, EMBASE, ERIC, Medline, Proquest, Psych...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-08, Vol.10 (8), p.e0134439-e0134439
Main Authors: Tang, Julia, Falkmer, Marita, Horlin, Chiara, Tan, Tele, Vaz, Sharmila, Falkmer, Torbjörn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder - physiopathology
Biometry
Care and treatment
Complications and side effects
Criteria
Development and progression
Disorders
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials
Eye movements
Eye Movements - physiology
Face recognition
Facial Recognition - physiology
Facial recognition technology
Fixation, Ocular
Health sciences
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetoencephalography
Memory
Mental disorders
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
Occupational therapy
Patient outcomes
Pattern recognition
Peers
Pervasive developmental disorders
Reaction Time
Reviews
Search methods
Search strategies
Social work
Systematic review
Visual perception
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Summary:The purpose of this review was to build upon a recent review by Weigelt et al. which examined visual search strategies and face identification between individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and typically developing peers. Seven databases, CINAHL Plus, EMBASE, ERIC, Medline, Proquest, PsychInfo and PubMed were used to locate published scientific studies matching our inclusion criteria. A total of 28 articles not included in Weigelt et al. met criteria for inclusion into this systematic review. Of these 28 studies, 16 were available and met criteria at the time of the previous review, but were mistakenly excluded; and twelve were recently published. Weigelt et al. found quantitative, but not qualitative, differences in face identification in individuals with ASD. In contrast, the current systematic review found both qualitative and quantitative differences in face identification between individuals with and without ASD. There is a large inconsistency in findings across the eye tracking and neurobiological studies reviewed. Recommendations for future research in face recognition in ASD were discussed.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134439