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Same but different: 9-month-old infants at average and high risk for autism look at the same facial features but process them using different brain mechanisms.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Aug 2012
Key Alexandra P F, Stone Wendy L
Abstract excerpt
The study examined whether 9-month-old infants at average vs. high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) process facial features (eyes, mouth) differently and whether such differences are related to infants' social and communicative skills. Eye tracking and visual event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded in 35 infants (20 average-risk typical infants, 15 high-risk siblings of children with ASD) while they...
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