Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders
including autism, Asperger's syndrome (AS) and pervasive developmental disorder-not …

Superior perception, peaks of ability, and savant skills are often observed in the autistic
phenotype. The enhanced perceptual functioning model (Mottron et al., 2006a) emphasizes …

A rich collection of empirical findings accumulated over the past three decades attests to the
diversity of traits that constitute the autism phenotypes. It is unclear whether subsets of these …

Under noisy listening conditions, visualizing a speaker's articulations substantially improves
speech intelligibility. This multisensory speech integration ability is crucial to effective …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) includes deficits in social communication and repetitive
behavior. Secondhand accounts from parents suggest that ASD affects many aspects of life …

Background Synaesthesia is a neurodevelopmental condition in which a sensation in one
modality triggers a perception in a second modality. Autism (shorthand for Autism Spectrum …

Musical experiences are ubiquitous in early childhood. Beyond potential benefits of musical
activities for young children with typical development, there has long been interest in …

This analysis argues that social deficit theories exacerbate the worst excesses of the
medical model, a framework that attributes autism (in this example) as the cause of a …

Autism is strongly associated with sensory processing difficulties. We investigate sensory
habituation, given its relevance for understanding important phenotypic traits like hyper-and …

Cognitive control dysfunctions, like inhibitory and attentional flexibility deficits are assumed
to underlie repetitive behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In the …