New monkey study gives clues to what causes autistic people to suffer social difficulties
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dailystar.co.ukDevelopmental Psychobiology - claim eye tracking could help identify social difficulties in autistic people. It is also thought that it could help assessing macaques’ social behavior.The scientists also believe it could help explore what causes social difficulties in autism.The team watched each infant five-minute periods, examining how often it initiated interactions with its mother, another adult or an infant peer, and how long it spent interacting with peers.
For the eye-tracking measurements, the researchers placed each infant in a box with a peephole, through which it could view a screen showing a series of photographs and videos, such as a close-up of another macaque’s face.
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