Conversations- How do autistic and non-autistic adolescents talk to each other?

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Research Study Description

Your child (aged 8 years-14 only) will come to our lab in Boston to have several brief (five minutes) conversations with another teenager via Zoom. The teens will watch a two-minute video about related topics and then talk to each other about what they saw.
After the conversation, Both participants will also answer a few short questions about how much they enjoyed the interaction. Participants in the lab will wear eye-tracking glasses and all interactions will be video-recorded, so we can better understand each teenager’s gaze patterns and communication strategies during the conversations.

Description:

Participate in the informed consent process,
Watch four two minute videos about nature,
Discuss the videos with age-matched peers in 1:1 conversations via Zoom,
Complete several standardized questionnaires, including the ADOS, Social Communication Questionnaire, Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, and Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test. Complete basic vision and hearing screening

Time commitment: 4 hours in person plus 30 minutes virtual



Name of Organization:
Emerson College FACE Lab


For questions, please email::
[email protected]


Study Link: 
https://redcap.link/facelab_conversations