This review presents an outline of executive function (EF) and its application to autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). The development of the EF construct, theoretical models of EF …

Social interactions involve complex exchanges of a variety of social signals, such as gaze,
facial expressions, speech and gestures. Focusing on the dual function of eye gaze, this …

The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents provides a comprehensive overview of the
research fields of Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social …

Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit atypical gaze behaviors related
to joint attention, a fundamental social-communication skill. Specifically, children with ASD …

Background One of the main diagnostic features of individuals with autism spectrum
disorders is nonverbal behaviour difficulties during naturalistic social interactions. The …

Differences in social attention development begin to be apparent in the 6th to 12th month of
development in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and theoretically reflect …

Background Sex differences in autistic symptomatology are believed to contribute to the mis-
and missed diagnosis of many girls and women with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) …

Background A number of differences in joint attention behaviour between children with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals have previously …

The coordination of attention between individuals is a fundamental part of everyday human
social interaction. Previous work has focused on the role of gaze information for guiding …

INTERpersonal synchrony leads to increased empathy, rapport and understanding,
enabling successful human-human interactions and reciprocal bonding. Research shows …