Creative Commons Attribution LicenseDavis, RachaelDonati, GeorginaFinnegan, KierBoardman, James P.Dean, BethanFletcher-Watson, SueForrester, Gillian S.2022-01-122022-01-122022-02-03Davis, R., Donati, G., Finnegan, K., Boardman, J.P., Dean, B., Fletcher‐Watson, S. and Forrester, G.S. (2022) ‘Social gaze in preterm infants may act as an early indicator of atypical lateralization’, Child Development, 93(4), pp. 869–880. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13734.1467-8624https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13734https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/11677Rachael Davis - ORCID: 0000-0002-3887-6003 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3887-6003VoR deposited and AM unrestricted on 2022-02-10.Visual field biases have been identified as markers of atypical lateralisation in children with developmental conditions, but this is the first investigation to consider early lateralised gaze behaviours for social stimuli in preterm infants. Eyetracking methods with 51 preterm (33 male, 92.1% White) and 61 term-born (31 male, 90.1% White) infants aged 8-10 months from Edinburgh, UK, captured the development of visual field biases, comparing gaze behaviour to social and non-social stimuli on the left versus right of the screen. Preterm infants showed a significantly reduced interest to social stimuli on the left versus right compared to term children (d =.58). Preterm children exhibit early differential orienting preferences that may be an early indicator of atypical lateralised function.869-880enThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Davis, R., Donati, G., Finnegan, K., Boardman, J.P., Dean, B., Fletcher-Watson, S. and Forrester, G.S. (2022) 'Social gaze in preterm infants may act as an early indicator of atypical lateralisation', Child Development, 93(4), pp. 869-880, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13734. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Article