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Spectrum: Autism Research News

Tag: vision

November 2015

Repetition may limit scope of skills in people with autism

by  /  13 November 2015

Repeating a task too many times may prevent some people with autism from applying their learned skill to a new situation.

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October 2015

Visual task uncovers weak brakes in autism brain

by  /  20 October 2015

Adults with autism struggle to reconcile conflicting visual information, hinting at a signaling imbalance in the brain.

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September 2015

When they move, people with autism discount what they see

by  /  25 September 2015

People with autism may ignore visual input when coordinating their movements — a lapse that may contribute to both motor and social impairments.

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Study questions whether eye for detail accompanies autism

by  /  4 September 2015

Visual processing irregularities in autism are subtle and depend on the child’s age, gender and task at hand.

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June 2015

Leaky filter leads to motion perception problem in autism

by  /  30 June 2015

Children with autism detect certain kinds of motion better than their peers do, but don’t tune out distracting visuals.
 

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May 2015

Unseen agony: Dismantling autism’s house of pain

by  /  21 May 2015

Some people with autism can tolerate extreme heat, cold or pressure and seem relatively insensitive to pain. Paradoxically, they may experience intense pain from idiosyncratic sources but struggle to communicate it.

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March 2015

Shrinking pupils may mirror autism risk in babies

by  /  20 March 2015

The pupils of 10-month-old infants who have a sibling with autism constrict unusually fast in response to flashes of light, hinting that this reflex could be an early sign of the disorder.

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December 2014

Two-armed microscope glimpses multiple brain areas

by  /  10 December 2014

A customized microscope with moveable arms lets researchers simultaneously watch neurons fire in two areas of a mouse brain.
 

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November 2014

Who are you going to believe, your body or your lying eyes?

by  /  20 November 2014

Children with autism tend to rely more on their bodies when learning new motor skills, while controls rely more on their eyes, suggests unpublished research presented Wednesday at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Robots come to the rescue in sensory processing studies

by  /  20 November 2014

Robots that help children with autism become more socially engaged may also increase understanding of sensory processing in the disorder, suggests unpublished research presented today at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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