Sex-specific patterns in social visual attention among individuals with autistic traits
Overall, these results reveal that attention patterns to emotional faces differed between females and males, and autistic traits predicted the trend of eye-looking in males. These findings suggest that sex-related stratification in social attention should be considered in clinical contexts.
Authors
- Ludan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6516-9251)
- Dong Ming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-2538)
- Shuang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4372-8443)
- Xiaoya Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4361-5166)
- Xin Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4501-0483)
- Bo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8888-9905)
- Huiqin Xue
Institutions
- Tianjin University (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06896-z
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.29
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City