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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 86, Issue 1, Pages 37-47Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12273
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- Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation [P12-0270:1]
- Swedish Research Council
- FAS [259-2012-24]
- FORMAS [259-2012-24]
- VINNOVA [259-2012-24]
- ESF COST Action [BM1004]
- Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences [P12-0270:1] Funding Source: Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences
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In humans, effortful cognitive processing frequently takes place during social interaction, with eye contact being an important component. This study shows that the effect of eye contact on memory for nonsocial information is different in children with typical development than in children with autism, a disorder of social communication. Direct gaze facilitated memory performance in children with typical development (n=25, 6years old), but no such facilitation was seen in the clinical group (n=10, 6years old). Eye tracking conducted during the cognitive test revealed strikingly similar patterns of eye movements, indicating that the results cannot be explained by differences in overt attention. Collectively, these findings have theoretical significance and practical implications for testing practices in children.
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