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Title: Relations between Preferential Looking to Synchronous Audiovisual Speech and Expressive Language in Infants with Autistic and Non-Autistic Siblings
Language: English
Authors: S. Madison Clark (ORCID 0009-0007-7973-7695), Jacob I. Feldman (ORCID 0000-0002-5723-5834), Jennifer E. Magnuson (ORCID 0000-0002-7995-6077), Grace Pulliam (ORCID 0009-0008-0962-2603), Pooja Santapuram (ORCID 0000-0002-8284-9547), Sarah Bowman, Catherine T. Bush (ORCID 0000-0003-0821-3388), Kacie Dunham-Carr (ORCID 0000-0002-4434-1056), Sweeya V. Raj (ORCID 0000-0001-5961-3774), Bahar Keçeli-Kaysili (ORCID 0000-0003-2187-2775), David J. Lewkowicz (ORCID 0000-0001-6685-3178), Tiffany G. Woynaroski (ORCID 0000-0001-6513-1181)
Source: Mind, Brain, and Education. 2026 20(1).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2026
Sponsoring Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH)
Contract Number: P50HD103537
KL2TR000446
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Siblings, Expressive Language, Preferences, Attention, Eye Movements, Speech Communication, Visual Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli, Synchronous Communication, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Children
Geographic Terms: Tennessee (Nashville)
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Mullen Scales of Early Learning
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.70039
ISSN: 1751-2271
1751-228X
Abstract: Differences in audiovisual processing may influence language development in autism. We characterized preferential looking to temporally synchronous audiovisual speech in fifty infants (28 elevated-likelihood [54% male]; 22 population-level-likelihood [50% male]) aged 12-18 months. We first tested whether preferential looking to synchronous audiovisual speech differed between groups; population-level-likelihood infants demonstrated greater preferential looking to synchronous audiovisual speech relative to elevated-likelihood infants by 18 months. We then assessed whether preferential looking to synchronous audiovisual speech was related to concurrent expressive language (1) directly, (2) via vocalization complexity, and (3) as moderated by age, sex, and familial likelihood group. Infants completed an eye tracking task and standardized communication and language assessments at 12-18 months. The population-level-likelihood infants demonstrated greater preferential looking to synchronous audiovisual speech relative to elevated-likelihood infants by 18 months. Preferential looking to synchronous audiovisual speech was not directly and unconditionally associated with concurrent expressive language. However, moderation and mediation analyses showed that preferential looking to synchronous audiovisual speech was significantly associated with concurrent expressive language through increased vocalization complexity in male infants. Implications for research, theory, and clinical practice are discussed.
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