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Brief report: broader autism phenotype predicts spontaneous reciprocity of direct gaze.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 1 Aug 2011
Chen Frances S, Yoon Jennifer M D
Abstract excerpt
We report evidence for a relationship in the general population between self-reported autism-associated traits and the spontaneous reciprocation of direct gaze, a behavior that we propose may reflect a tendency to synchronize with social partners. Adults viewed videos of actors whose gaze was either directed towards or averted from them. Individuals with lower scores on four subscales of the Autism-Spectrum...
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