NIH Study Finds Attention to Others’ Eyes Declines in 2 to 6-Month-Old Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism

• By: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• January 1st, 2014
• autism risk factors, developmental neuroscience, early autism detection, early diagnosis biomarkers, eye contact, eye tracking research, infant social development, research, science, social attention deficits
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Eye contact during early infancy may be a key to early identification of autism, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. Published this week in the journal Nature, the study reveals the earliest sign of developing...