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Contribution of social and information-processing factors to eye-gaze avoidance in fragile X syndrome.
- Source :
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American journal of mental retardation : AJMR [Am J Ment Retard] 2007 Sep; Vol. 112 (5), pp. 349-60. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The influence of social and information-processing demands on eye-gaze avoidance in individuals with fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, or typical development were examined by manipulating those demands in a structured-language task. Participants with fragile X syndrome exhibited more gaze avoidance than did those in the comparison groups, but no group differences in avoidance were found between a social and nonsocial condition. Task difficulty affected gaze avoidance in the nonsocial but not in the social condition. In the nonsocial condition, the effect of task difficulty was less pronounced for the fragile X syndrome than comparison groups. Findings suggest that multimodal task demands rather than eye contact per se contribute to gaze avoidance in persons with fragile X syndrome.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Attention physiology
Child
Child Behavior psychology
Child Development
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Down Syndrome diagnosis
Down Syndrome psychology
Fragile X Syndrome psychology
Humans
Intelligence Tests statistics & numerical data
Interpersonal Relations
Language Tests statistics & numerical data
Male
Models, Psychological
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales statistics & numerical data
Task Performance and Analysis
Videotape Recording
Eye Movements physiology
Fixation, Ocular physiology
Fragile X Syndrome diagnosis
Nonverbal Communication
Social Behavior
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0895-8017
- Volume :
- 112
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of mental retardation : AJMR
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17676959
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[0349:COSAIF]2.0.CO;2