A new study published reports that social deficits in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) correlate with early structural and connectivity traits particularly in the visual ...
Young children with autism tend to look less at faces and more at background details than their peers do, but taking objects out of their environment changes how they observe others. Removing toys ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 1, 2011) – Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization today released the Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorder tool kit providing ...
A new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a new learning method for people with autism that may accelerate the learning process and even significantly improve capabilities in terms of visual ...
Poor visual working memory can play an important role in the difficulties experienced by a child with autism, according to our recent research. The aim of this study was to compare the working memory ...
But it doesn’t mean teachers and therapists should abandon picture-based therapy. Dubova/Shutterstock Children with autism are often described as “visual learners” and said to “think in pictures”.
Researchers have determined that people with autism concentrate more brain resources in the areas associated with visual detection and identification, and conversely, have less activity in the areas ...
What makes “spot the difference” puzzles so challenging and why are some people better at these puzzles than others? The deceptively simple task of identifying the differences between two similar ...
Does your child benefit from a visual reinforcer? Then take a look at these online and other visual timers for kids who have ...
Children with autism often have difficulty making eye contact, and now a new study suggests this may be due in part to how their brains process visual information, rather than being purely a social ...
Poor visual working memory can play an important role in the difficulties experienced by a child with autism, according to our recent research. The aim of this study was to compare the working memory ...