Genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in visual attention and oculomotor control in early infancy.
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| Title: | Genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in visual attention and oculomotor control in early infancy. |
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| Authors: | Siqueiros‐Sanchez, Monica (AUTHOR), Bussu, Giorgia (AUTHOR), Portugal, Ana Maria (AUTHOR), Ronald, Angelica (AUTHOR), Falck‐Ytter, Terje (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Child Development. Mar/Apr2025, Vol. 96 Issue 2, p619-634. 16p. |
| Subjects: | Attention in infants, Eye movements, Individual differences, Human genetics, Infants, Twins, Diagnosis of autism in children, Optical information processing |
| Abstract: | Infants differ in their level of eye movement control, which at the extreme could be linked to autism. We assessed eye movements in 450 twins (225 pairs, 57% monozygotic, 46% female, aged 5–6 months) using the gap‐overlap eye‐tracking task. Shorter latency in the gap condition was associated with having more parent‐rated autistic traits at 2 years. Latency across the task's three conditions was primarily explained by one highly heritable latent factor likely representing individual differences in basic oculomotor efficiency and/or in visual information processing. Additionally, disengagement of attention was linked to unique genetic factors, suggesting that genetic factors involved in visual attention are different from those involved in basic visual information processing and oculomotor efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Infants differ in their level of eye movement control, which at the extreme could be linked to autism. We assessed eye movements in 450 twins (225 pairs, 57% monozygotic, 46% female, aged 5–6 months) using the gap‐overlap eye‐tracking task. Shorter latency in the gap condition was associated with having more parent‐rated autistic traits at 2 years. Latency across the task's three conditions was primarily explained by one highly heritable latent factor likely representing individual differences in basic oculomotor efficiency and/or in visual information processing. Additionally, disengagement of attention was linked to unique genetic factors, suggesting that genetic factors involved in visual attention are different from those involved in basic visual information processing and oculomotor efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00093920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14185 |
