Maternal immune activation and prenatal maternal stress are well-studied risk factors for psychiatric conditions such as autism and schizophrenia. An…
Elucidating the underlying nature of the disorder(s) is a crucial step towards tailoring intervention to the biological and cognitive makeup of each…
knowledge while making a difference. Why autism research? Kandice: I am ... developing differently. When I started working in the autism research fie…
Early supports to enhance social development in children with autism are widely promoted. While oxytocin has a crucial role in mammalian social devel…
The placebo effect is established in clinical trials, but for paediatric research, questions remain about how to best manage its influence. Within th…
Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder...
Led by Professor Andrew Whitehouse, the Autism Research Team, based at The Kids Research Institute ... international research leaders in the understa…
We tested the potential for Gazefinder eye-tracking to support early autism identification, including feasible use with infants, and preliminary conc…
Intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically commences after diagnosis. No trial of an intervention administered to inf…
While theory supports bidirectional effects between caregiver sensitivity and language use, and infant language acquisition-both caregiver-to-infant…