Effects of age and communication level on eye contact in fragile X males and non-fragile X autistic males

I. L. Cohen; P. M. Vietze; V. Sudhalter; E. C. Jenkins; W. T. Brown

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320380271

Effects of age and communication level on eye contact in fragile X males and non-fragile X autistic males

I. L. Cohen, P. M. Vietze, V. Sudhalter, E. C. Jenkins, W. T. Brown

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Abstract

Dyadic social gaze and eye contact were examined in fragile X [fra(X)] males and in non-fra(X) autistic males as a function of age and level of communicative ability. Lag sequential analysis showed that responsive eye contact was highly correlated with age and communicative ability in non-fra(X) autistic males but not in fra(X) males. Older, more communicative non-fra(X) autistic males exhibited more responsive eye contact than their fra(X) cohorts. Implications of these observations for theory and intervention are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	498-502
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Medical Genetics
Volume	38
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320380271
State	Published - 1991

Keywords

autistic disorder
dyadic social gaze
eye contact
fragile X

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