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Variation in the human cannabinoid receptor CNR1 gene modulates gaze duration for happy faces
1 Jan 2011
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BACKGROUND: From an early age, humans look longer at preferred stimuli and also typically look longer at facial expressions of emotion, particularly happy faces. Atypical gaze patterns towards social stimuli are common in autism spectrum conditions (ASC). However, it is unknown whether gaze fixation patterns have any genetic basis. In this study, we tested whether variations in the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1)...
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