This document describes a cued recognition task used to measure the temporal dynamics of social cue processing. In the task, participants are shown a target shape (square or circle) on one hand and a distractor shape (triangle) on the other. Before each trial, a non-predictive cue (head turn) is given that is either valid, pointing to the target location, or invalid. Response times are measured at different stimulus onset asynchronies (SOA) between the cue and shapes to examine how distractors and SOA impact social cue processing. The goal is to use this task to study social cue processing in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
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1. Cued Recognition Task
Measuring the Temporal
Dynamics of Social Cue Processing
Buyun Xu, University of Victoria
James Tanaka, University of Victoria
2. How to Study Social Cue Processing
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Time
Time
Valid Cueing:
Invalid Cueing:
F
SOA
15. The Cued Recognition Task
Task: Square or Circle?
Target and Distractors
On one hand: Target (Square or
Circle)
The other hand: Distractor
(Triangle)
Size: 6*6 degree
Cue: Head-turn, not predictive
16. 600 or
1000ms
SOA
0 ms, 105 ms, 300ms,
600ms or 1005 ms
Until
Response
Valid
Invalid
S for Square
C for Circle
1000ms
Cued Recognition Task
#4: -Most of the studies found that kids with autism respond reflexively to eye gaze cues, just as typically developed children.-It contradicts the widely accepted notion that children with autism do not engage in joint attention behaviors, such as following someones eye gaze.