Typically developing children are able to judge who is winning or losing from very short clips of video footage of behaviour between active match play across a number of sports. Inferences from "thin slices" (short video clips) allow participants to make complex judgments about the meaning of posture, gesture and body language. This study extends the use of the thin slice research paradigm to children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We tested 38 children with ASD, in two age groups: 15 participants aged 5-8 years and 23 participants aged 9-13 years. We found that the children with ASD had a rate of accuracy similar to that of typically developing peers tested in a previous study.
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Am J Hum Genet
January 2025
The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada; Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; McLaughlin Centre, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada. Electronic address:
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibits an ∼4:1 male-to-female sex bias and is characterized by early-onset impairment of social/communication skills, restricted interests, and stereotyped behaviors. Disruption of the Xp22.11 locus has been associated with ASD in males.
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November 2024
Dental Public Health, Kurdistan Higher Council of Medical Specialties, Erbil, IRQ.
Introduction Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complicated disorder that affects communication, social interaction, and behavior. Several investigations have documented increased oxidative stress and damage in individuals with ASD compared with neurotypical controls. Saliva can be used as a non-invasive technique to assess oxidative stress biomarkers.
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March 2025
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, Via Luigi Polacchi, 11 66103 Chieti (CH), Italy.
Background And Objectives: Clinical practice reveals that individuals with autism characterized by the absence of cognitive impairment (High Functioning Autism-HFA) show difficulty in sharing attention with unfamiliar people. We hypothesized that this difficulty could affect cognitive control by selectively impairing stimulus-encoding or response-selection.
Methods: Twenty-one HFA and 23 neurotypical adults were involved in a two-phase study.
J Zhejiang Univ Sci B
November 2024
School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences / Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
The rising demand for child care is putting a strain on parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly the mothers. This study investigated Chinese mothers of children with ASD and examined the factors associated with maternal mental health. An online national survey was completed by the parents of 5077 ASD children and adolescents aged 0‒17 years.
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November 2024
School of Psychology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
This study evaluates the neuropsychological profiles of three adolescent females with suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study was conducted at My Blue Side, a support organization in Southern Tenerife. The research included a detailed assessment using standardized neuropsychological tests to identify the neuropsychological characteristics associated with ASD in adolescent females.
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