Altered sensory processing has been an important feature of the clinical descriptions of
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is evidence that sensory dysregulation arises early …

Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by problems with social-
communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. A recent and thought-provoking …

Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are much more common in males, a bias that may offer
clues to the etiology of this condition. Although the cause of this bias remains a mystery, we …

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 …

What does an individual with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceive first: the forest or the
trees? In spite of 30 years of research and influential theories like the weak central …

Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the investigation of autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) through the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We carried out a …

We propose to bring together the hitherto rather separate research fields of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and argue that by …

BACKGROUND: Functional neuroimaging studies of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have
examined social and nonsocial paradigms, although rarely in the same study. Here, we …

Autistics often exhibit enhanced perceptual abilities when engaged in visual search, visual
discrimination, and embedded figure detection. In similar fashion, while performing a range …