Although accumulated evidence has demonstrated that autism is found with many varied
brain dysfunctions, researchers have tried to find a single brain dysfunction that would …

It has become a tradition, in papers attempting an overview or integrative analysis of issues
in autism, to start out with a few protective remarks conceming the extreme difficulty of the …

Early autism research focused on behavior and cognition. In recent decades, the pace of
research has accelerated, and advances in imaging and genetics have allowed the …

Autism is neither neurodevelopmental nor a disorder. It is simply an inherent
neurophysiological difference in how the brain processes information. We who are autistic …

This chapter will provide a selected overview of some key recent findings in the
neuropsychology and neurophysiology of autism. The neuropsychology of autism is a very …

Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with early childhood onset. The symptoms,
first described by Leo Kanner in 1943, produce significant impairments in social …

Achieving progress in understanding the cause, nature, and treatment of autism requires an
integration of concepts, approaches, and empirical findings from genetic, cognitive …

The last decade has seen an enormous growth in the quantity of research directed at
understanding the biological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorders. This increase has …

Clinical and molecular genetics have advanced current knowledge on genetic disorders
associated with autism. A review of diverse genetic disorders associated with autism is …

In this review of the research literature on autism, we argue that the application of
developmental and neuropsychological perspectives has contributed importantly to the …