However, when infants show atypical social-communicative behavior, this may serve as a marker of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Reduced eye contact is a known symptom of autism. However, why children with autism look less at the eyes of others is unknown. There are several possible ...
Correlation between eye movements and brain activity; Factors that influence autistic children to avoid eye contact; Role of mood disorders in autism.EBSCO_AspOptician
A hallmark of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, is the reluctance to make eye contact with others in natural conditions. Although eye contact is a critically important part of everyday interactions, scientists have been limited in studying the neurological basis of live social interaction with eye-cont...
【题文】 Many people with autism (自闭症) have trouble making eye contact, reading the emotions in other faces, and sharing affection. And no drugs are approved to treat such social impairments. Now, results from a Stanford University study suggest increasing levels of vasopressin (加压素) -a...
Decreased brain reactivity during eye contact may be a biomarker of social disability and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, new research suggests. In a small pilot study, activity after making direct eye contact, as measured by electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings, showed that children wi...
When a child with autism avoids eye contact, "we are very much inclined to interpret this asa social deficit," said study researcher John Foxe, a neuroscientist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. "But it may be a much more fundamental issue," stemming from a reduced abilit...
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The autistic syndrome varies greatly in severity. A child with Asperger’s syndrome (mild or high-functioning autism) has normal intelligence and language but has a social deficit and a narrow range of interests and activities (Rapin 1997). A child with classic autism may sometimes have high ...
Sasson is conducting the study in conjunction with the Infant Development Program. It is designed for infants up to 30 months of age and includes both clinical screenings and research. All activities take place at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. ...
Purpose: Differential reinforcement and most-to-least prompting were implemented within the context of developmentally appropriate play activities in an effort to improve the eye contact between a 4-year-old boy with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and his three therap...