Charlotte Viktorsson
Researcher at Department of Psychology; Developmental Psychology
- E-mail:
- charlotte.viktorsson@psyk.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1A och 1C
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 1225
751 42 UPPSALA
Short presentation
My research is focused on early social and communicative development, as well as early signs of autism. I also work within the field of behavioral genetics, where we explore the influence of genes and environment on early development.

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 4091-4101, 2024
- DOI for How 18-month-olds with Later Autism Look at Other Children Interacting: The Timing of Gaze Allocation
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Part of Infancy, p. 459-478, 2024
- DOI for Sustained looking at faces at 5 months of age is associated with socio-communicative skills in the second year of life
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Genetic and environmental contributions to gaze lateralization across social and non-social stimuli in human infants
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Infants' looking preferences for social versus non-social objects reflect genetic variation
Part of Nature Human Behaviour, p. 115-124, 2024
- DOI for Infants' looking preferences for social versus non-social objects reflect genetic variation
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Part of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, p. 311-319, 2023
- DOI for Preferential looking to eyes versus mouth in early infancy: heritability and link to concurrent and later development
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Stable eye versus mouth preference in a live speech-processing task
Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Stable eye versus mouth preference in a live speech-processing task
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Infants’ sense of approximate numerosity: Heritability and link to other concurrent traits
Part of Developmental Science, 2023
- DOI for Infants’ sense of approximate numerosity: Heritability and link to other concurrent traits
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Recent publications
A novel approach to exploring infant gaze patterns with AI-manipulated videos
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for A novel approach to exploring infant gaze patterns with AI-manipulated videos
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Genetic and Environmental Effects on Parent-Rated Adaptive Behaviour in Infancy
Part of Developmental Science, 2025
- DOI for Genetic and Environmental Effects on Parent-Rated Adaptive Behaviour in Infancy
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A Comparison of Sleep and Settle Behaviours Across Twins and Singletons at 5 Months of Age
Part of Infant and Child Development, 2025
- DOI for A Comparison of Sleep and Settle Behaviours Across Twins and Singletons at 5 Months of Age
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Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2025
- DOI for Early selective attention to the articulating mouth as a potential female-specific marker of better language development in autism: a review
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 4091-4101, 2024
- DOI for How 18-month-olds with Later Autism Look at Other Children Interacting: The Timing of Gaze Allocation
- Download full text (pdf) of How 18-month-olds with Later Autism Look at Other Children Interacting: The Timing of Gaze Allocation
All publications
Articles in journal
A novel approach to exploring infant gaze patterns with AI-manipulated videos
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for A novel approach to exploring infant gaze patterns with AI-manipulated videos
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Genetic and Environmental Effects on Parent-Rated Adaptive Behaviour in Infancy
Part of Developmental Science, 2025
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A Comparison of Sleep and Settle Behaviours Across Twins and Singletons at 5 Months of Age
Part of Infant and Child Development, 2025
- DOI for A Comparison of Sleep and Settle Behaviours Across Twins and Singletons at 5 Months of Age
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Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2025
- DOI for Early selective attention to the articulating mouth as a potential female-specific marker of better language development in autism: a review
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 4091-4101, 2024
- DOI for How 18-month-olds with Later Autism Look at Other Children Interacting: The Timing of Gaze Allocation
- Download full text (pdf) of How 18-month-olds with Later Autism Look at Other Children Interacting: The Timing of Gaze Allocation
Part of Infancy, p. 459-478, 2024
- DOI for Sustained looking at faces at 5 months of age is associated with socio-communicative skills in the second year of life
- Download full text (pdf) of Sustained looking at faces at 5 months of age is associated with socio-communicative skills in the second year of life
Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Genetic and environmental contributions to gaze lateralization across social and non-social stimuli in human infants
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A field test of computer-vision-based gaze estimation in psychology
Part of Behavior Research Methods, p. 1900-1915, 2024
- DOI for A field test of computer-vision-based gaze estimation in psychology
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Infants' looking preferences for social versus non-social objects reflect genetic variation
Part of Nature Human Behaviour, p. 115-124, 2024
- DOI for Infants' looking preferences for social versus non-social objects reflect genetic variation
- Download full text (pdf) of Infants' looking preferences for social versus non-social objects reflect genetic variation
Part of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, p. 311-319, 2023
- DOI for Preferential looking to eyes versus mouth in early infancy: heritability and link to concurrent and later development
- Download full text (pdf) of Preferential looking to eyes versus mouth in early infancy: heritability and link to concurrent and later development
Stable eye versus mouth preference in a live speech-processing task
Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Stable eye versus mouth preference in a live speech-processing task
- Download full text (pdf) of Stable eye versus mouth preference in a live speech-processing task
Infants’ sense of approximate numerosity: Heritability and link to other concurrent traits
Part of Developmental Science, 2023
- DOI for Infants’ sense of approximate numerosity: Heritability and link to other concurrent traits
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Part of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, p. 1068-1077, 2022
- DOI for Pupil size and pupillary light reflex in early infancy: heritability and link to genetic liability to schizophrenia
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Eye tracking in human interaction: Possibilities and limitations
Part of Behavior Research Methods, p. 1592-1608, 2021
- DOI for Eye tracking in human interaction: Possibilities and limitations
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Part of Twin Research and Human Genetics, p. 217-227, 2021
- DOI for The Babytwins Study Sweden (BATSS): A Multi-Method Infant Twin Study of Genetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Infant Brain and Behavioral Development
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Eye Tracking in Human Interaction: Possibilities and Limitations
Part of Companion Publicaton of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI '20 Companion), p. 508-508, 2020