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Shea, N.; Payne, E.; Russo, N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Individuals with ASD often display externalizing behaviors, which have been associated with lower quality of life in adulthood. Social difficulties have been hypothesized to underlie externalizing problems among individuals with ASD (Klin and Volkmar in "Asperger Syndrome," 340-366, 2000), but this has never been tested empirically. We…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Behavior Problems, Quality of Life
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Murphy, Eric R.; Norr, Megan; Strang, John F.; Kenworthy, Lauren; Gaillard, William D.; Vaidya, Chandan J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
We examined spontaneous attention orienting to visual salience in stimuli without social significance using a modified Dot-Probe task during functional magnetic resonance imaging in high-functioning preadolescent children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and age- and IQ-matched control children. While the magnitude of attentional bias (faster…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Visual Perception
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Warner, G.; Howlin, P.; Salomone, E.; Moss, J.; Charman, T. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: Recent research suggests that around 16% to 18% of children with Down syndrome (DS) also meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there are indications that profiles of autism symptoms in this group may vary from those typically described in children with ASD. Method: Rates of autism symptoms and emotional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Down Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism