the role of eye contact in human (and possibly, non-human primate)
communication systems, from infancy through adolescence. This project
is an off-shoot of the prosocial/antisocial project I have been
involved in for several years. This project will study the role of
eye contact in a variety of settings and across the developmental age
span. Remarkably, although we all use eye contact, it has been
studied very little relative to other behavioral constructs. This
study may have special relevance to our work with children labeled
shy, with autism or Asperger's disorder, although we will explore the
topic very broadly at first. There is opportunity to explore one's
own interest area.
This semester we will meet 4 times on Friday afternoons. There will
be approximately 5-6 hours of work required in between meetings.
Tasks include researching, reading, and discussing relevant
literature; observing children and adults in classrooms; using and
developing measures to assess eye contact in naturalistic settings;
as well as other tasks as the arise. The project will continue into
next semester and there is the option of taking it for a directed
research credit. If you are interested, please email me, tell me a
bit about yourself and why you'd like to join this project. The
meeting times this semester are the following Fridays: October 19,
1:00-3:00; November 2, 1:00 - 3:00; November 16, 1:00-3:00; November
30, 1:00 - 3:00. I will email you the location of the meetings.
Additionally, I think this will be a lot of fun.
Best wishes,
Martha Pott
P.S. If you want more information, please email or come by and talk
to me: Office # 160.
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