Genes Control Where Babies' Eyes Look; Process Is Disrupted in Autism (AUDIO)

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New research from scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Emory University in Atlanta, shows that genes are controlling where children tend to look. Children with autism tend not to look at people's faces. And the discovery that genes are involved in gaze could assist scientists in identifying, and potentially treating, children who have autism spectrum disorder. Jim Dryden has more...

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