Autism: The face value of eye contact

Karen E. Adolph; Kelsey L. West

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.016

Autism: The face value of eye contact

Karen E. Adolph, Kelsey L. West

Psychology

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Abstract

Inattention to faces in clinical assessments is a robust marker for autism. However, a new study distinguishes diagnostic marker from behavioral mechanism, showing that face looking in everyday activity is equally rare in autistic and neurotypical children and not required for joint attention in either group.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R577-R580
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	32
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.016
State	Published - Jun 20 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuroscience(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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