No preference for direct versus averted gaze in autistic adults: a reinforced preferential looking paradigm

Abstract Background With the overarching objective to gain better insights into social attention in autistic adults, the present study addresses three outstanding issues about face processing in autism. First, do autistic adults display a preference for mouths over eyes; second, do they avoid direct...

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Main Authors: Elise Clin, Pauline Maes, Fanny Stercq, Mikhail Kissine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Molecular Autism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-020-00398-3