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Our past research has indicated that children with autism process
faces in an unusual way, paying less attention to eyes than non-autistic
children and showing an overall difficulty in processing, integrating
and using facial expressions during natural conversation.
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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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We have teamed up with a group of experts in brain imaging research
at Boston
University's Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI) to explore how the
brains of children, adolescents and adults with autism process information
about people.
We are now extending this work in new behavioral and brain imaging
studies. Our goals are to investigate language and social communication
in children with autism or Asperger syndrome and typically developing
children. Our studies involve administering a battery of standardized
tests and measures, and using a computer to present the experimental
tasks. In some experiments, children will wear a cap that holds a
tiny camera - this allows us to track their eye movements. Most participants
find their time with us interesting and enjoyable!
The following are some of the questions we are addressing in our work:
- How do children process social information from people's faces?
- What are the language strengths and weaknesses of the children,
especially in processing grammatical and pragmatic information?
- What brain regions underlie face and language processing in
children?
We conduct our studies at Boston University School of Medicine. Families
will come to Boston University for two or three visits annually. We
will cover your transportation and parking costs, and compensate you
for your time.
Families who are new to our study will receive cognitive and language
evaluations for their child, and our professional staff will answer
any questions that parents have about their child's performance. New
and returning study participants will receive a reading evaluation.
For more information about this study
please contact our Family Coordinator
ddrp@bu.edu |
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