Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 42, Issue 4 - New Issue Alert




Tuesday, July 10

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In this issue:
Editorial: 2011 in Review
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Selective Visual Attention at Twelve Months: Signs of Autism in Early Social Interactions
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Acoustic and Perceptual Measurement of Expressive Prosody in High-Functioning Autism: Increased Pitch Range and What it Means to Listeners
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Overview of Meta-Analyses on Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Changes in the Administrative Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Contribution of Special Education and Health from 2002–2008
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Parental Sleep Concerns in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Variations from Childhood to Adolescence
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Relationship Status Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Study
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Food Variety as a Predictor of Nutritional Status Among Children with Autism
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IQ Predicts Biological Motion Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Autism Parenting Stress Index: Initial Psychometric Evidence
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Predictive and Concurrent Validity of Parent Concern About Young Children at Risk for Autism
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Long-term Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, Combined with Augmentative Communication, are Related to Uncinate Fasciculus Integrity in Autism
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Measuring Change in Social Interaction Skills of Young Children with Autism
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Can Gaze Avoidance Explain Why Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome Can't Recognise Emotions From Facial Expressions?
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Fractures in Individuals With and Without a History of Infantile Autism. A Danish Register Study Based on Hospital Discharge Diagnoses
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The Autism-Spectrum Quotient—Italian Version: A Cross-Cultural Confirmation of the Broader Autism Phenotype
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Brief Report: Faces Cause Less Distraction in Autism
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Substantial Problems with Measuring Brain Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Further Commentary on Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessment and Treatment Considerations
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Sarita Freedman: Developing College Skills in Students With Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
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D. P. Gallo: Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Lifespan Perspective
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A New Fellowship at the Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine: Hilibrand Fellowship in Adolescence and Adulthood
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Preparing for College: A Day Long Conference for Students, Parents, and Professionals
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Brain Training Top 10 Future Trends

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Brain Training Top 10 Future Trends

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Monday, July 09, 2012

Research byte: Rise time perception and reading disabilities

Another article implicating auditory temporal processing abilities and readind disabilities...rise time perception problems.

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Research byte: Video games, life-long learning and brain plasticity

Very thought provoking review in the prestigious Annual Review of Neuroscience that provides insights into the possible domain-general learning that may occur during some video games that may generalize to other learning domains and brain plasticity.

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Article: PEBS Neuroethics Roundup




Sunday, July 08, 2012

Research byte: More on ADHD as a default brain network disorder




This is one of the first studies to suggest that some forms of ADHD may be due to altered brain network functioning, specifically a disorder in the default brain network (or other networks that control the default mode network. Click here for prior posts re: this hypothesis. [Click on image to enlarge]





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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Global Connectivity of Prefrontal Cortex Predicts Cognitive Control and Intelligence

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/26/8988.abstract

Yet another article (link above) that reinforces the main message of my "Is the PFIT It? IM HOME blog post yesterday. You can view my post at link below. I will be expanding on this important set of findings in additional posts in the near future.

http://www.imhome.org/index.php/latest-news/entry/is-the-p-fit-it-part-1the-p-fit-model-described.html