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100 _a Luisier, Anne-Claude
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245 _aVisual and Hedonic Perception of Food Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Relationship to Food Neophobia/
260 _bsage
_c2019
300 _aVol 48, Issue 3, 2019: (197-213 p.).
520 _aThe present study examined whether children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children differed in visual perception of food stimuli at both sensorimotor and affective levels. A potential link between visual perception and food neophobia was also investigated. To these aims, 11 children with ASD and 11 TD children were tested. Visual pictures of food were used, and food neophobia was assessed by the parents. Results revealed that children with ASD explored visually longer food stimuli than TD children. Complementary analyses revealed that whereas TD children explored more multiple-item dishes (vs. simple-item dishes), children with ASD explored all the dishes in a similar way. In addition, children with ASD gave more negative appreciation in general. Moreover, hedonic rating was negatively correlated with food neophobia scores in children with ASD, but not in TD children. In sum, we show here that children with ASD have more difficulty than TD children in liking a food when presented visually. Our findings also suggest that a prominent factor that needs to be considered is time management during the food choice process. They also provide new ways of measuring and understanding food neophobia in children with ASD.
650 _aautism,
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650 _asight,
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650 _afood neophobia,
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650 _ahedonic evaluation,
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650 _aeye tracking
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700 _a Petitpierre, Geneviève
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700 _a Bérod, Annick Clerc
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773 0 _012374
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_dSage,
_tPerception
_x1468-4233
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0301006619828300
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