Early behavioral intervention, brain plasticity, and the prevention of autism spectrum disorder

G Dawson - Development and psychopathology, 2008 - cambridge.org
Advances in the fields of cognitive and affective developmental neuroscience,
developmental psychopathology, neurobiology, genetics, and applied behavior analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Vision in autism spectrum disorders

DR Simmons, AE Robertson, LS McKay, E Toal… - Vision research, 2009 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are developmental disorders which are thought primarily
to affect social functioning. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that unusual …

Recognition of emotions in autism: a formal meta-analysis

M Uljarevic, A Hamilton - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2013 - Springer
Determining the integrity of emotion recognition in autistic spectrum disorder is important to
our theoretical understanding of autism and to teaching social skills. Previous studies have …

Face identity recognition in autism spectrum disorders: A review of behavioral studies

S Weigelt, K Koldewyn, N Kanwisher - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2012 - Elsevier
Face recognition–the ability to recognize a person from their facial appearance–is essential
for normal social interaction. Face recognition deficits have been implicated in the most …

The “eye avoidance” hypothesis of autism face processing

JW Tanaka, A Sung - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2016 - Springer
Although a growing body of research indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) exhibit selective deficits in their ability to recognize facial identities and expressions …

Understanding the nature of face processing impairment in autism: insights from behavioral and electrophysiological studies

G Dawson, SJ Webb, J McPartland - Developmental …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews behavioral and electrophysiological studies of face processing and
discusses hypotheses for understanding the nature of face processing impairments in …

Using computerized games to teach face recognition skills to children with autism spectrum disorder: the Let's Face It! program

JW Tanaka, JM Wolf, C Klaiman… - Journal of Child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: An emerging body of evidence indicates that relative to typically developing
children, children with autism are selectively impaired in their ability to recognize facial …

A quantitative meta-analysis of face recognition deficits in autism: 40 years of research.

JW Griffin, R Bauer, KS Scherf - Psychological Bulletin, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The ability to recognize an individual face is essential to human social interaction. Even
subtle errors in this process can have huge implications for the way we relate to social …

The profile of memory function in children with autism.

DL Williams, G Goldstein, NJ Minshew - Neuropsychology, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
A clinical memory test was administered to 38 high-functioning children with autism and 38
individually matched normal controls, 8-16 years of age. The resulting profile of memory …

Motion processing in autism: evidence for a dorsal stream deficiency

J Spencer, J O'Brien, K Riggs, O Braddick… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
We report that motion coherence thresholds in children with autism are significantly higher
than in matched controls. No corresponding difference in form coherence thresholds was …