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      Absence of preferential looking to the eyes of approaching adults predicts level of social disability in 2-year-old toddlers with autism spectrum disorder.

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          Within the first week of life, typical human newborns give preferential attention to the eyes of others. Similar findings in other species suggest that attention to the eyes is a highly conserved phylogenetic mechanism of social development. For children with autism, however, diminished and aberrant eye contact is a lifelong hallmark of disability.

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          Journal
          Arch Gen Psychiatry
          Archives of general psychiatry
          American Medical Association (AMA)
          1538-3636
          0003-990X
          Aug 2008
          : 65
          : 8
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 S Frontage Rd, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
          Article
          65/8/946
          10.1001/archpsyc.65.8.946
          18678799
          8277212c-ca7a-4b07-9bdd-c6e76821dfa1
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