Predictability modulates neural response to eye contact in ASD [PDF]
Molecular Autism, 2022 Background Deficits in establishing and maintaining eye-contact are early and persistent vulnerabilities of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the neural bases of these deficits remain elusive.
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Autistic eye contact? A hermeneutic phenomenological multicenter study of the similarities and differences in eye-contact experiences between adults with and without autism [PDF]
Journal of Neurodevelopmental DisordersEye contact is one of the most important forms of interpersonal communication. Nonetheless, research has shown that there is no gold standard for how eye contact should occur.
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Beholden: The Emotional Effects of Having Eye Contact While Breaking Social Norms [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 This study looks into the role that eye contact plays in helping people to control themselves in social settings and to avoid breaking social norms. Based on previous research, it is likely that eye contact increases prosocial behavior via heightened ...
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Lateral Habenula Responses During Eye Contact in a Reward Conditioning Task [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 For many animals, social interaction may have intrinsic reward value over and above its utility as a means to the desired end. Eye contact is the starting point of interactions in many social animals, including primates, and abnormal patterns of eye ...
Hyunchan Lee, Okihide Hikosaka
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Social synchronization of brain activity increases during eye-contact [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Friends making eye-contact have higher inter-brain synchronization than strangers. Eye-contact affects neural synchronization between brains more than within a brain, highlighting that eye-contact is an inherently social signal.
Caroline Di Bernardi Luft +7 more
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Task difficulty modulates the effect of eye contact on word memory in females [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground The influence of eye contact on memory has been a topic of extensive study, yet its effects remain ambiguous. This inconsistency may be attributed to the varying levels of task difficulty encountered when conducting this type of research ...
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Influence of autistic traits and communication role on eye contact behavior during face-to-face interaction [PDF]
Scientific ReportsEye contact is a central component in face-to-face interactions. It is important in structuring communicative exchanges and offers critical insights into others' interests and intentions.
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The temporal context of eye contact influences perceptions of communicative intent [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThis study examined the perceptual dynamics that influence the evaluation of eye contact as a communicative display. Participants (n = 137) completed a task where they decided if agents were inspecting or requesting one of three objects.
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The Effectiveness of an Augmented Reality-Based Early Intervention Program Using Interactive Games to Enhance Eye Contact as a Nonverbal Communication Skill in Children with Autism: A Single-Case Experimental Design [PDF]
Journal of IntelligenceChildren with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) frequently exhibit marked impairments in nonverbal communication, particularly in eye contact, which serves as a foundational element for social interaction and relational development. This study evaluated the
Shoeb Saleh, Rommel AlAli
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I looked at you, you looked at me, I smiled at you, you smiled at me—The impact of eye contact on emotional mimicry [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Eye contact is an essential element of human interaction and direct eye gaze has been shown to have effects on a range of attentional and cognitive processes. Specifically, direct eye contact evokes a positive affective reaction.
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