Indefinite toxic circles: an art series curated by Nicole Shea

Art is at the forefront when it comes to amplifying the discussions surrounding environmental issues. This series by artists John Sabraw, Conohar Scott, and Mandy Barker illuminates the dangers confronting our waters, from leaking pipes to discarded plastics, to the long-term impact of these toxic products on our most delicate and vulnerable ecosystems and sites. Given the recent declarations of climate change and environmental issues to be “fake news,” projects such as these are crucial in reconnecting Humanity and Nature, proof that scientific and artistic collaborations can lead to ground-breaking ideas and sustainable solutions.–Nicole Shea for EuropeNow</p

Indefinite toxic circles: an art series curated by Nicole Shea

Art is at the forefront when it comes to amplifying the discussions surrounding environmental issues. This series by artists John Sabraw, Conohar Scott, and Mandy Barker illuminates the dangers confronting our waters, from leaking pipes to discarded plastics, to the long-term impact of these toxic products on our most delicate and vulnerable ecosystems and sites. Given the recent declarations of climate change and environmental issues to be “fake news,” projects such as these are crucial in reconnecting Humanity and Nature, proof that scientific and artistic collaborations can lead to ground-breaking ideas and sustainable solutions.–Nicole Shea for EuropeNow</p

2-way ANCOVAs on the variables <i>In CV</i> and <i>Episode Duration</i>, controlling for Developmental Age.

*<p>lines in bold correspond to significant effects.</p

Lateral exploration as a function of developmental age.

<p>For each child, the results of the 4 protocol items are displayed separately.</p

Analysis of gaze directed toward faces.

<p><i>in FoV</i>: Percentage of time a face was in the broad field of view. <i>in CV</i>: Percentage of time a face was in central vision.</p

Comparison of gaze factors for TD and ASD groups.

<p>Refer to text for a detailed description of each factor.</p>*<p>lines in bold present significant differences.</p

The WearCam device.

<p><i>Left</i>: Schematic view of the images recorded by the WearCam, highlighted are the interaction zone (top), the eyes reflected by the eye-mirror (middle) and the manipulation zone (bottom). Software for automatic monitoring of the child's gaze and detection of human faces in the camera images is used to quantify, among other factors, the frequency and length of time during which the child looks at human faces. <i>Right</i>: The WearCam worn by a typically developing child.</p

Eye-Tracking process.

<p>1<i>^st</i> column: the location of the eyes in the image is extracted automatically during post-hoc calibration. 2<i>^nd</i> column: the direction of gaze is computed automatically from the eyes image through support vector regression. 3<i>^rd</i> column: to highlight the direction of central vision (indicated by a crosshair), the image is blurred except for an area of 10 degrees radius around the center of the gaze. 4<i>^th</i> & 5<i>^th</i> columns Gaze tracking example while looking downwards: the system uses the whole eye region (shading of the eyelids, shape of the eyelashes, etc) to compute the gaze direction.</p

Scores of the ASD and TD children on the ADI and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales.

a<p>mean ± stdev (ranges).</p>b<p>mean ± stdev.</p>*<p>used to match devel. Age.</p

2-way ANCOVAs on the variables <i>Mean Elevation</i> and <i>Lateral Exploration</i>.

*<p>lines in bold correspond to significant effects.</p