Doherty-Sneddon, Gwyneth, Riby, Deborah and Whittle, Lisa (2012) Gaze aversion as a cognitive load management strategy in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53 (4). pp. 420-430. ISSN 0021-9630
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Abstract
During face-to-face questioning typically developing children and adults use gaze aversion (GA), away from their questioner, when thinking. GA increases with question difficulty and improves the accuracy of responses. This is the first study to investigate whether individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; associated with reduced sociability and atypical face gaze) and Williams syndrome (WS; associated with hypersociability and atypical face gaze) use GA to manage cognitive load during face-to-face interactions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Eye contact, gaze, Williams syndrome, gaze aversion, autism spectrum disorder |
| Subjects: | C800 Psychology |
| Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Ay Okpokam |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2011 22:27 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 12:31 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4035 |
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