Gaze patterns of mentally retarded adults in two contrasting environments
Hemming, H.; Cook, M.; Gilbert, K.A.; Lavender, A.
American Journal of Mental Deficiency 83(6): 561-565
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9351 PMID: 443271 Document Number: 150886
Two matched samples of mentally retarded adults were video recorded on two occasions, before and after one group was transferred to a different type of hospital, and their gaze patterns analyzed. Overall, only slight changes after transfer were found, but analysis according to amount of looking at the interviewer on the first occasion showed that those transferred subjects who initially looked little of the time significantly increased their amount of looking after transfer. Some correlations with the Adaptive Behavior Scale were also reported.