A5081168727- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Language Development and Disorders
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Writing and Handwriting Education
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
University College London
2011-2024
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
2006-2022
University of Fairfax
2018
UCL Australia
1999-2013
Aarhus University
2007-2013
Applied Minds (United States)
2011
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2010
University of London
1987-2010
Aarhus University Hospital
2008-2010
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology
1998-2008
The mentalizing (theory of mind) system the brain is probably in operation from ca . 18 months age, allowing implicit attribution intentions and other mental states. Between ages 4 6 years explicit becomes possible, this age children are able to explain misleading reasons that have given rise a false belief. Neuroimaging studies so far only been carried out adults. They reveal with three components consistently activated during both tasks: medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), temporal poles...
Ten able adults with autism or Asperger syndrome and 10 normal volunteers were PET scanned while watching animated sequences. The animations depicted two triangles moving about on a screen in three different conditions: randomly, goal‐directed fashion (chasing, fighting), interactively implied intentions (coaxing, tricking). last condition frequently elicited descriptions terms of mental states that viewers attributed to the (mentalizing). group gave fewer less accurate these latter...
The recognition of dyslexia as a neurodevelopmental disorder has been hampered by the belief that it is not specific diagnostic entity because variable and culture-specific manifestations. In line with this belief, we found Italian dyslexics, using shallow orthography which facilitates reading, performed better on reading tasks than did English French dyslexics. However, all dyslexics were equally impaired relative to their controls phonological tasks. Positron emission tomography scans...
Systematic variations of the block design task were given to 20 autistic, 33 normal and 12 mildly retarded subjects. Designs contrasted which either "whole" or segmented, rotated unrotated, did not contain obliques. Only segmentation, but neither spatial orientation factors, revealed a significant group difference. Autistic subjects, regardless age ability, performed better than controls when presented with unsegmented designs. This result suggests that they need less normally required...
List of illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Asperger and his syndrome 2. 'Autistic psychopathy' in childhood 3. The relationship between Asperger's Kanner's autism 4. Clinical neurobiological aspects six family studies 5. adulthood 6. Living with 7. autobiographical writings three adults: problems interpretation implications for theory Name index Subject index.
An aspect of cognitive functioning in autistic children was investigated by comparing their performance on the Children's Embedded Figures Test with that MA-matched normal and MA- CA-matched mentally retarded non-autistic children. The were significantly more competent at this task than either group control children, also showed qualitatively different strategies. Since better predicted from MA commensurate CA, it can be regarded as an islet ability. This finding is discussed terms...
High‐ability autistic children were compared with low‐ability Down's syndrome and clinically normal preschool on a picture sequencing task. When the sequences could be understood in terms of causal‐mechanical or simply descriptive‐behavioural criteria, at least as good controls often showed superior performance. However, that evoked understanding psychological‐Intentional performed much worse than others. This pattern was also seen language used by narrating stories afterwards. In contrast...
Diverting Asperger Deficit Placement of syndrome within the family autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has always been a bit uneasy; although people with do exhibit core impairments in social interaction and communication that are characteristic ASD, they nevertheless perform well on tests thought to assess ability mentalize or possess Theory Mind skills. One classic mentalizing is false-belief task, which subjects must be able represent their own beliefs (true) another's beliefs, false because...
26 autistic children with mental ages of 3-13 years were tested on 3 tasks that are within the capability 3- or 4-year-old normal children. The first task understanding a mistaken belief. Children shown typical box certain brand sweets, and they all thought it contained kind sweet. To their surprise, however, something else. Yet, only 4 out able to anticipate another child in same situation would make mistake. In contrast, but 1 12 specific language impairment, matched for age, understood...