Browsing by Subject "autism"
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The autism brain imaging data exchange: Towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism
(2014)Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) represent a formidable challenge for psychiatry and neuroscience because of their high prevalence, lifelong nature, complexity and substantial heterogeneity. Facing these obstacles requires ... -
Enhancing Self-determination in Children with Autism via Behavioural Interventions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to experience a much lower quality of life (QoL) than the general population across the lifespan. Emotional well-being (i.e., happiness) is considered one of the ... -
A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism.
(Nature, 2009)Although autism is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder, attempts to identify specific susceptibility genes have thus far met with limited success 1. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using half a million ... -
Heart Rate Measurement during Stereotyped Motor Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Springer, 2015)Previous research has suggested that a relationship may exist between physiological arousal and engagement in motor stereotypy among children and adolescents with autism. It has been speculated that levels or alterations ... -
Mother's perceptions and sense-making of their roles in speech and language therapy for children with autism in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2022)Introduction: Parental involvement in SLT is recommended by professional bodies (e.g., RCSLT, 2009) and service providers (e.g., HSE, 2018) alike. It is necessary for the delivery of family-centred models of care and ... -
Mutation of Semaphorin-6A Disrupts Limbic and Cortical Connectivity and Models Neurodevelopmental Psychopathology
(2011)Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism are characterised by cellular disorganisation and dysconnectivity across the brain and can be caused by mutations in genes that control neurodevelopmental processes. ... -
Network plasticity in adaptive filtering and behavioral habituation
(2014)The ability of organisms to seamlessly ignore familiar, inconsequential stimuli improves their selective attention and response to salient features of the environment. Here, I propose that this fundamental but unexplained ... -
A systematic review of physiological reactivity to stimuli in autism.
(2014)Objective: The prevalence of abnormal behavioural responses to a variety of stimuli among individuals with autism has led researchers to examine whether physiological reactivity is typical in this population. The current ...
