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| Visual Processing in Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
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We have learned a great deal about the social cognitive deficits in people with autism and
their difficulties in processing faces. With the advent of new methods for looking directly at
the brain, using non-invasive and completely safe technologies, we can now begin asking questions
about the brain systems that underlie these deficits.
We have teamed up with a group of experts in brain imaging research at Massachusetts General
Hospital/Harvard Medical School to begin a research program that explores how the brains of
older adolescents and adults with autism process information about people.
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| Help us learn more about autism, human development, and the way our
brains process language and social information! Click here to let us know you'd like to
participate in one of our exciting research studies. |
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Some of the questions that we will address in this project include:
- How is the visual system organized in the brains of people with autism?
- Do the brains of people with autism process faces and objects using the same areas and
in the same way as people without autism?
- Are there differences in the ways in which the different brain regions involved in
processing visual social information are connected in people with autism?
These studies will take place at Boston University School of Medicine and at the Charlestown
campus of MGH. Appointments are scheduled at your convenience. We will cover your transportation
and parking costs, and offer gifts or payment to our participants.
The brain imaging methods we use are completely safe and non-invasive. We will prepare the
participants in advance for what to expect, and give them an opportunity to become comfortable
in the testing environment.
Our team has extensive experience in conducting these kinds of studies.
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Structural and Functional MRI in Autism
Functional and Connectivity Imaging of Autism
Neurobiological Markers of Language Acquisition in Autism
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