Table 1.

Results from studies of patterns of fixations to faces in individuals with autism.

Age group	Stimuli	Task	Eye fixations	Mouth fixations	Citation
Children and adults	Dynamic scene	Passive viewing	Children: ASD = TD Adults: ASD < TD	Children: ASD < TD Adults: ASD = TD	Nakano et al. (2010)
Children	Dynamic scene	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD > TD	Jones et al. (2008)
	Static faces	Recognition	ASD = TD	ASD < TD	Chawarska and Shic (2009)
	Static faces	Recognition	ASD < TD	ASD = TD	Yi et al. (2013)
	Static faces	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD = TD	Van Der Geest et al. (2002)
Adolescents	Dynamic scene	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD > TD	Klin et al. (2002)
	Dynamic scene	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD = TD	Norbury et al. (2009)
	Dynamic scene	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD = TD
	Static scene	Passive viewing	ASD = TD	ASD = TD	Speer et al. (2007)
	Static faces	Recognition	ASD = TD	ASD = TD	Snow et al. (2011)
Adults	Static faces	Emotion classification	ASD = TD	ASD = TD	Rutherford and Towns (2008)
	Static faces	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD = TD	Hernandez et al. (2009)
	Static faces	Passive viewing	ASD < TD	ASD = TD	Pelphrey et al. (2002)
	Static faces	Emotion classification	ASD = TD	ASD = TD	Neumann et al. (2006)
	Static faces	Recognition	ASD < TD	ASD = TD	Boraston et al. (2008)
	Static faces	Recognition	ASD < TD	ASD < TD	Sterling et al. (2008)
	Static faces	Recognition	ASD = TD	ASD = TD	Kirchner et al. (2011)

ASD: autism spectrum disorder; TD: typically developing.