Capturing the complexity of autism: Applying a developmental cascades framework

J Bradshaw, AJ Schwichtenberg… - Child development …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developmental change emerges from dynamic interactions among networks of neural
activity, behavior systems, and experience‐dependent processes. A developmental …

Eye gaze in autism spectrum disorder: a review of neural evidence for the eye avoidance hypothesis

N Stuart, A Whitehouse, R Palermo, E Bothe… - Journal of Autism and …, 2023 - Springer
Reduced eye contact early in life may play a role in the developmental pathways that
culminate in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. However, there are contradictory …

Effect of preemptive intervention on developmental outcomes among infants showing early signs of autism: A randomized clinical trial of outcomes to diagnosis

AJO Whitehouse, KJ Varcin, S Pillar… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically
commences after diagnosis. No trial of an intervention administered to infants before …

[HTML][HTML] Social attention: Developmental foundations and relevance for autism spectrum disorder

T Falck-Ytter, JL Kleberg, AM Portugal, E Thorup - Biological Psychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of the term “social attention”(SA) in the cognitive neuroscience and developmental
psychopathology literature has increased exponentially in recent years, in part motivated by …

Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood

V Carter Leno, J Begum-Ali, A Goodwin, L Mason… - Molecular Autism, 2022 - Springer
Background Autism is proposed to be characterised by an atypical balance of cortical
excitation and inhibition (E/I). However, most studies have examined E/I alterations in older …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical responses to social stimuli in infants at elevated likelihood of ASD and/or ADHD: A prospective cross-condition fNIRS study

B Blanco, S Lloyd-Fox, J Begum-Ali, L Pirazzoli… - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are
highly prevalent neurodevelopmental conditions that often co-occur and present both …

Activity in developing prefrontal cortex is shaped by sleep and sensory experience

LJ Gómez, JC Dooley, MS Blumberg - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
In developing rats, behavioral state exerts a profound modulatory influence on neural activity
throughout the sensorimotor system, including primary motor cortex (M1). We hypothesized …

Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood

A Hendry, I Greenhalgh, R Bailey, A Fiske… - Developmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inhibitory control (IC) is a core executive function integral to self‐regulation and cognitive
control, yet is itself multi‐componential. Directed global inhibition entails stopping an action …

Modulation of EEG theta by naturalistic social content is not altered in infants with family history of autism

R Haartsen, T Charman, G Pasco, MH Johnson… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Theta oscillations (spectral power and connectivity) are sensitive to the social content of an
experience in typically developing infants, providing a possible marker of early social brain …

In context: A developmental model of reward processing, with implications for autism and sensitive periods

CC Clements, K Ascunce, CA Nelson - … of the American Academy of Child …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Differences in reward processing have been associated with numerous psychiatric
disorders, including autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Many …