Tag: repetitive behaviors

2019 Novel Outcome Measures in ASD Request for Applications Grants awarded through this request for applications are intended to develop and validate outcome measures that are suitable for use in intervention studies that target the core symptoms of autism…

SFARI 2017 Explorer awardees announced SFARI is pleased to announce that it has awarded 13 grants in response to the Explorer Awards request for applications this year.

Objective assessment of repetitive behaviors in children with autism Ng and Chukoskie will objectively study movement behaviors and their relationship to physiological states in children with autism using low-cost, flexible movement and heart-rate sensors incorporated in wearable textiles.

Biased spatiotemporal dynamics of striatal circuits impact behavior in autism The molecular and circuit underpinnings of repetitive behavior dysfunction — a core symptom of ASD — have remained elusive, but it is assumed that they rely on the same basal…

Learning-related activity in autism Perseverance on sameness is a core feature of autism. Kwan aims to combine state-of-the-art optical imaging and behavioral methods to test the possibility that perturbed learning-related activity may underlie inflexible…

SFARI announces 2016 Bridge to Independence Award finalists SFARI is pleased to announce that it has selected six finalists in response to the 2016 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications. This awards program is intended to invest…