Journal article
Attention to faces in social context in children with neurofibromatosis type 1
AK Lewis, MA Porter, TA Williams, S Bzishvili, KN North, JM Payne
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.13928
Abstract
Aim: To examine visual attention to faces within social scenes in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and typically developing peers. Method: Using eye-tracking technology we investigated the time taken to fixate on a face and the percentage of time spent attending to faces relative to the rest of the screen within social scenes in 24 children with NF1 (17 females, seven males; mean age 10y 4mo [SD 1y 9mo]). Results were compared with those of 24 age-matched typically developing controls (11 females, 13 males; mean age 10y 3mo [SD 2y]). Results: There was no significant between-group differences in time taken to initially fixate on a face (p=0.617); however, children with NF1 spent ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge Naomi Sweller for her statistical expertise. This work was partially supported by a Murdoch Children's Research Institute fellowship awarded to JMP. The authors have stated that they had no interests that might be perceived as posing a conflict or bias.