Eyes and gaze are very important stimuli for human social interactions. Recent studies
suggest that impairments in recognizing face identity, facial emotions or in inferring attention …

An atypical pattern of eye contact behaviour is one of the most significant symptoms of
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Recent empirical advances have revealed the …

Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

Objective: Two hypotheses, gaze aversion and gaze indifference, are commonly cited to
explain a diagnostic hallmark of autism: reduced attention to others' eyes. The two posit …

Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) and its recent variant, naturalist developmental
behavioral intervention (NDBI) aim to increase socialization and communication, and to …

Autistic-spectrum conditions and psychotic-spectrum conditions (mainly schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, and major depression) represent two major suites of disorders of human …

The impaired development of joint attention is a cardinal feature of autism. Therefore,
understanding the nature of joint attention is central to research on this disorder. Joint …

In general, individuals look where they attend and next intend to act. Many animals,
including our own species, use observed gaze as a deictic (“pointing”) cue to guide …

Social attention is conveyed primarily by gaze, but also by head and body orientation. These
cues not only signal a seen agent's direction of attention but are also used to infer their …

From a preeminent researcher, this book looks at the key role of joint attention in both typical
and atypical development. Peter C. Mundy shows that no other symptom dimension is more …