Tag: repetitive behaviors

Two studies using SPARK’s research matching program attest to its effectiveness for rapid and large-scale testing of research questions Two studies from Brigitta Monz, Richard Houghton and colleagues provide examples of the effectiveness of SPARK’s research match program to rapidly recruit thousands of individuals for the large-scale testing of…

SFARI presentations at INSAR 2019 SFARI Investigators and SFARI science staff will be giving a number of oral presentations at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2019 Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada (May 1-4).

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…