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NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages 1204-1214Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.06.001
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Autism spectrum disorders; Social cognition; Social brain; Gaze; Eye contact; Development; Amygdala
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- Medical Research Council [G0701484] Funding Source: Medline
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G007322/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/G007322/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [G0701484] Funding Source: UKRI
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An atypical pattern of eye contact behaviour is one of the most significant symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Recent empirical advances have revealed the developmental, cognitive and neural basis of atypical eye contact behaviour in ASD. We review different models and advance a new 'fast-track modulator model'. Specifically, we propose that atypical eye contact processing in ASD originates in the lack of influence from a subcortical face and eye contact detection route, which is hypothesized to modulate eye contact processing and guide its emergent specialization during development. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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