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Autistic gaze patterns diverge from artists and neurotypicals in art viewing

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A new study published on arXiv explores how autistic individuals, trained artists, and neurotypical observers visually engage with artworks. The research found that artists and neurotypical individuals exhibit nearly identical spatial and temporal gaze patterns when viewing art. In contrast, autistic individuals display a distinct attentional profile, characterized by shorter fixations and more idiosyncratic scanpaths, though their spatial exploration can resemble that of artists. AI

IMPACT This research could inform the development of AI models that better understand or simulate human visual attention, potentially improving accessibility in digital art and design.

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Autistic gaze patterns diverge from artists and neurotypicals in art viewing

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Mohammed Amine Kerkouri, Daphn\'e Senggaran, Renaud Jusiak, Oc\'eane Lehmann, Marouane Tliba, Claire Wardak, Emmanuelle Houy-Durand, Shasha Morel-Kohlmeyer, Aladine Chetouani, Nadia Aguillon-Hernandez ·

    Divergent Gaze Patterns in Artistic Viewing: Spatial and Temporal Signatures of Attention Across Autistic Individuals, Artists, and Neurotypical Observers

    arXiv:2607.15227v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How different populations visually explore artworks bears on cognitive science and on accessibility design, yet most eye-tracking work in autism has used social scenes rather than art, and has analysed where the eyes land while igno…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Nadia Aguillon-Hernandez ·

    Divergent Gaze Patterns in Artistic Viewing: Spatial and Temporal Signatures of Attention Across Autistic Individuals, Artists, and Neurotypical Observers

    How different populations visually explore artworks bears on cognitive science and on accessibility design, yet most eye-tracking work in autism has used social scenes rather than art, and has analysed where the eyes land while ignoring when and in what order. We present a compar…

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