Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in social communication and social interaction together with restrictive, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behavior including routines, rituals, and overfocused interests, sensory sensitivities, and motor stereotypies (e.g., hand flapping when excited or anxious).
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Migration and autism spectrum disorder: population-based study. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Migration has been implicated as a risk factor for autism, but evidence is limited and inconsistent. AIMS: To investigate the relationship between parental migration status and risk of autism spectrum disorder, taking into consideration the ...
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The Subjective Experience of Music in Autism Spectrum Disorder [PDF]
, 2009 Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 high-functioning adults on the autism spectrum in order to examine the nature of their personal experiences of music. The analysis showed that most participants exploit music for a wide range of purposes
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Faces do not capture special attention in children with autism spectrum disorder: a change blindness study [PDF]
, 2009 Two experiments investigated attention of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to faces and objects. In both experiments, children (7- to 15-year-olds) detected the difference between 2 visual scenes.
Hasegawa, T. +4 more
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Self-referential memory in autism spectrum disorder and typical development: Exploring the ownership effect [PDF]
, 2014 Owned objects occupy a privileged cognitive processing status and are viewed almost as extensions of the self. It has been demonstrated that items over which a sense of ownership is felt will be better recalled than other items.
Lind, Sophie E. +9 more
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Eye movement sequences during simple versus complex information processing of scenes in autism spectrum disorder [PDF]
, 2011 Minshew and Goldstein (1998) postulated that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a disorder of complex information processing. The current study was designed to investigate this hypothesis.
Monica Castelhano +7 more
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Gaze aversion as a cognitive load management strategy in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome [PDF]
, 2011 During face-to-face questioning typically developing children and adults use gaze aversion (GA), away from their questioner, when thinking. GA increases with question difficulty and improves the accuracy of responses.
Doherty-Sneddon, G +8 more
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Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain [PDF]
, 2003 Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication as well as repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. The consequences of this disorder for everyday life adaptation are extremely variable.
Hill, E.L. +5 more
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Facial motion perception in autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical controls [PDF]
, 2015 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonFacial motion provides an abundance of information necessary for mediating social communication.
Girges, Christine
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Theory of own mind in autism: Evidence of a specific deficit in self-awareness? [PDF]
, 2010 Assuming that self-awareness is not a unitary phenomenon, and that one can be aware of different aspects of self at any one time, it follows that selective impairments in self-awareness can occur.
Williams, David M., David Williams
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