Effects of Age and Communication Level On Eye Contact in Fragile X Males and Non-Fragile X Autistic Males

Authors

Ira L. Cohen, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental DisabilitiesFollow
Peter Vietze, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Vicki Sudhalter, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental DisabilitiesFollow
Edmund C. Jenkins, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental DisabilitiesFollow
W. Ted Brown, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental DisabilitiesFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-19-1991

Abstract

Dyadic social gaze and eye contact were examined in fragile X [fra(X)] males and in non-fra(X) autistic males as a function of age and level of communicative ability. Lag sequential analysis showed that responsive eye contact was highly correlated with age and communicative ability in non-fra(X) autistic males but not in fra(X) males. Older, more communicative non-fra(X) autistic males exhibited more responsive eye contact than their fra(X) cohorts. Implications of these observations for theory and intervention are discussed.

DOI

10.1002/ajmg.1320380271

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Cohen, Ira L.; Vietze, Peter; Sudhalter, Vicki; Jenkins, Edmund C.; and Brown, W. Ted, "Effects of Age and Communication Level On Eye Contact in Fragile X Males and Non-Fragile X Autistic Males" (1991). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 197.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/197