Megan Freeth

Summary

Affiliation: University of Sheffield
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi What affects social attention? Social presence, eye contact and autistic traits
    Megan Freeth
    Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 8:e53286. 2013
  2. ncbi Do gaze cues in complex scenes capture and direct the attention of high functioning adolescents with ASD? Evidence from eye-tracking
    M Freeth
    University of Nottingham, University Park, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 40:534-47. 2010
  3. ncbi The eye gaze direction of an observed person can bias perception, memory, and attention in adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder
    M Freeth
    School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
    J Exp Child Psychol 105:20-37. 2010
  4. ncbi How adolescents with ASD process social information in complex scenes. combining evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions
    Megan Freeth
    Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S102TP, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 41:364-71. 2011
  5. ncbi The influence of visual saliency on fixation patterns in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Megan Freeth
    University of Sheffield, Psychology Department, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TP, United Kingdom
    Neuropsychologia 49:156-60. 2011

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Publications5

  1. ncbi What affects social attention? Social presence, eye contact and autistic traits
    Megan Freeth
    Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 8:e53286. 2013
    ..We conclude that analysing patterns of eye-movements in response to strictly controlled video stimuli and natural real-world stimuli furthers the field's understanding of the factors that influence social attention...
  2. ncbi Do gaze cues in complex scenes capture and direct the attention of high functioning adolescents with ASD? Evidence from eye-tracking
    M Freeth
    University of Nottingham, University Park, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 40:534-47. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi The eye gaze direction of an observed person can bias perception, memory, and attention in adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder
    M Freeth
    School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
    J Exp Child Psychol 105:20-37. 2010
    ..These findings suggest that biases in preference, memory, and attention are caused by another person's gaze direction when viewed in a complex scene in adolescents with and without ASD...
  4. ncbi How adolescents with ASD process social information in complex scenes. combining evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions
    Megan Freeth
    Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S102TP, UK
    J Autism Dev Disord 41:364-71. 2011
    ..The combination of evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions provides a rich insight into the way stimuli are processed overall. The merits of using these methods within the same paradigm are discussed...
  5. ncbi The influence of visual saliency on fixation patterns in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Megan Freeth
    University of Sheffield, Psychology Department, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TP, United Kingdom
    Neuropsychologia 49:156-60. 2011
    ..It was found that social features in scenes (heads) captured attention much more than visually salient features, even in individuals with ASD...