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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Cognitive Flexibility and Eye Gaze Patterns during Interpersonal Decentering Narratives in Relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Sonja Hunter
    University of North Texas
  • Bacci Julia
    University of Texas at Dallas
  • Wes Kraft
    University of North Texas
  • Sharon Jenkins
    University of North Texas
  • Anthony Ryals
    University of North Texas

Abstract

We report a significant relationship between cognitive flexibility, using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, and autistic tendencies, using the AQ-10. Eye-tracking measures also indicate differences in reading time for written interpersonal decentering narratives based on the degree of inherent social complexity. AQ-10 scores and reading patterns were not significantly related.

Social Cognition