Ocular motor disturbances in autism spectrum disorders: Systematic review and comprehensive meta-analysis

BP Johnson, JAG Lum, NJ Rinehart… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
There has been considerable focus placed on how individuals with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) visually perceive and attend to social information, such as facial expressions …

[HTML][HTML] Linking neocortical, cognitive, and genetic variability in autism with alterations of brain plasticity: the Trigger-Threshold-Target model

L Mottron, S Belleville, GA Rouleau… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The phenotype of autism involves heterogeneous adaptive traits (strengths vs. disabilities),
different domains of alterations (social vs. non-social), and various associated genetic …

Intact perception but abnormal orientation towards face-like objects in young children with ASD

Q Guillon, B Rogé, MH Afzali, S Baduel, J Kruck… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
There is ample behavioral evidence of diminished orientation towards faces as well as the
presence of face perception impairments in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the …

Human lateralization, maternal effects and neurodevelopmental disorders

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, G Prete… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In humans, behavioral laterality and hemispheric asymmetries are part of a complex
biobehavioral system in which genetic factors have been repeatedly proposed as …

Atypical hemispheric specialization for faces in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder

B Keehn, V Vogel‐Farley, H Tager‐Flusberg… - Autism …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Among the many experimental findings that tend to distinguish those with and without autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) are face processing deficits, reduced hemispheric specialization …

Received cradling bias during the first year of life: A retrospective study on children with typical and atypical development

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, F Apicella, C Abiuso… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A population-level left cradling bias exists whereby 60–90% of mothers hold their infants on
the left side. This left biased positioning appears to be mutually beneficial to both the mother …

Left visual field biases when infants process faces: A comparison of infants at high-and low-risk for autism spectrum disorder

E Dundas, H Gastgeb, MS Strauss - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2012 - Springer
While it is well-known that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties
processing faces, very little is known about the origins of these deficits. The current study …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven analysis of gaze patterns in face perception: Methodological and clinical contributions

P Masulli, M Galazka, D Eberhard, JÅ Johnels… - Cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
Gaze patterns during face perception have been shown to relate to psychiatric symptoms.
Standard analysis of gaze behavior includes calculating fixations within arbitrarily …

The intricate web of asymmetric processing of social stimuli in humans

D Marzoli, A D'Anselmo, G Malatesta, C Lucafò… - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although the population-level preference for the use of the right hand is the clearest
example of behavioral lateralization, it represents only the best-known instance of a variety …

Perceptual asymmetries and handedness: a neglected link?

D Marzoli, G Prete, L Tommasi - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Healthy individuals tend to weigh in more the left than the right side of visual space in a
variety of contexts, ranging from pseudoneglect to perceptual asymmetries for faces. Among …