Assessment of disorders of social attention in children with autism spectrum disorders with the method of eye tracking
In this scientific review, pursuing the objective of familiarizing specialists with the possibilities of using eye tracking in identifying and making a quantitative assessment of the disorders of social attention in the process of diagnosing autism spectrum disorders, we consider the data submitted by contemporary scientific publications, which pertain to the theoretical foundations of using the method, and the main currently available results of eye tracking research on children and adults with autism. Eye tracking provides the possibility of experimental assessment of the level of human attention towards the objects of social nature, researching the strategies of visual monitoring of stimulus images, and it may become an auxiliary tool for early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and assessment of the efficaciousness of imparting abilities to people with such disorders.