Evidence for fixation instability in children with Down syndrome

Valldeflors Viñuela-Navarro; Jonathan Erichsen; Julie-Anne Little; Kathryn J Saunders; Margaret J Woodhouse

doi:10.1111/opo.12421

Evidence for fixation instability in children with Down syndrome

Valldeflors Viñuela-Navarro, Jonathan Erichsen, Julie-Anne Little, Kathryn J Saunders, Margaret J Woodhouse

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Abstract

Background: A large number of children with Down’s syndrome (DS) who attend the Special Assessment Clinic (Cardiff University) are reported by parents and teachers to struggle with scanning strategies in some near school tasks, particularly when these involve arrays of pictures. These anecdotal reports suggest a potential visual scanning deficit in this population.Methods: Scanning eye movements from children with DS and controls were recorded using a Tobii TX300 eye tracker while presenting a short series (

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pages	671-672
Number of pages	2
Volume	37
Edition	6
ISBN (Electronic)	1475-1313
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12421
Publication status	Published online - 1 Nov 2017
Event	Child Vision Research Society XVI conference - Duration: 1 Nov 2017 → …

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Conference	Child Vision Research Society XVI conference
Period	1/11/17 → …

Keywords

down syndrome
fixation
eye movements
vision
saccades

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