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Floris, Dorothea L.; Chura, Lindsay R.; Holt, Rosemary J.; Suckling, John; Bullmore, Edward T.; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Spencer, Michael D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Rightward cerebral lateralization has been suggested to be involved in the neuropathology of autism spectrum conditions. We investigated functional and neuroanatomical asymmetry, in terms of handedness and corpus callosum measurements in male adolescents with autism, their unaffected siblings and controls, and their associations with executive…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Handedness
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Rojas, Donald C.; Camou, Suzanne L.; Reite, Martin L.; Rogers, Sally J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
Previous research has revealed a lack of planum temporale (PT) asymmetry in adults with autism. This finding is now extended to children and adolescents with the disorder. MRI scans were obtained from 12 children with autism and 12 gender, handedness and age-matched comparison participants. The volume of gray matter in the PT and Heschl's gyrus…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Adolescents, Autism
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Hauck, Joy A.; Dewey, Deborah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This study compared hand preference and motor skills in 20 children with autism with 40 children either typically developing or with developmental delays. Results indicated that the lack of hand preference in children with autism was not a function of their cognitive delay or a lack of motor skills. Results supported the bilateral brain…
Descriptors: Autism, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Developmental Delays