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Contribution of social and information-processing factors to eye-gaze avoidance in fragile X syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17676959     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
Melissa M Murphy; Leonard Abbeduto; Susan Schroeder; Ronald Serlin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of mental retardation : AJMR     Volume:  112     ISSN:  0895-8017     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Ment Retard     Publication Date:  2007 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-08-06     Completed Date:  2007-12-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8800463     Medline TA:  Am J Ment Retard     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  349-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. murphym@kennedykrieger.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Attention / physiology
Child
Child Behavior / psychology
Child Development
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Down Syndrome / diagnosis,  psychology
Eye Movements / physiology*
Fixation, Ocular / physiology*
Fragile X Syndrome / diagnosis*,  psychology
Humans
Intelligence Tests / statistics & numerical data
Interpersonal Relations
Language Tests / statistics & numerical data
Male
Models, Psychological
Nonverbal Communication*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data
Social Behavior*
Task Performance and Analysis
Videotape Recording
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P30 HD03352/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD24356/HD/NICHD NIH HHS

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