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Hanaie, Ryuzo; Mohri, Ikuko; Kagitani-Shimono, Kuriko; Tachibana, Masaya; Matsuzaki, Junko; Watanabe, Yoshiyuki; Fujita, Norihiko; Taniike, Masako – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
In addition to social and communicative deficits, many studies have reported motor deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study investigated the macro and microstructural properties of the corpus callosum (CC) of 18 children with ASD and 12 typically developing controls using diffusion tensor imaging tractography. We aimed to explore…
Descriptors: Brain, Comparative Analysis, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Fabio, Rosa Angela; Oliva, Patrizia; Murdaca, Anna Maria – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
A deficit in social interaction, along with restricted interests and impaired communication, is one of the core features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (American Psychiatric Association--DSM IV-TR, 2002). Also a deficit in empathy has been repeatedly described in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and, more in depth, in their unaffected…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Fan, Yang-Teng; Decety, Jean; Yang, Chia-Yen; Liu, Ji-Lin; Cheng, Yawei – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: The "broken mirror" theory of autism, which proposes that a dysfunction of the human mirror neuron system (MNS) is responsible for the core social and cognitive deficits in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), has received considerable attention despite weak empirical evidence. Methods: In this electroencephalographic…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Observation, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Grezes, J.; Wicker, B.; Berthoz, S.; de Gelder, B. – Neuropsychologia, 2009
The ability to grasp emotional messages in everyday gestures and respond to them is at the core of successful social communication. The hypothesis that abnormalities in socio-emotional behavior in people with autism are linked to a failure to grasp emotional significance conveyed by gestures was explored. We measured brain activity using fMRI…
Descriptors: Autism, Affective Behavior, Brain, Cognitive Processes