Research by Topic: Perception

5th Annual Day of Learning videos now online!

Published May 1, 2018

Videos of all the presentations at ASF’s 5th Annual Day of Learning held on April 11 are now available online. You can view them here. Topics include gender differences in autism, sleep problems in autism, the potential of medical marijuana as an autism treatment, adult outcomes, the role of dietary interventions, and the perception of […]

Filed under: adult outcomes, ASD, asf, Ashura Buckley, Autism, Day of Learning, Diet, featured, gender differences, intervention, John Spiro, Julie Lounds Taylor, medical marijuana, Michelle Failla, New York University, NIMH, nutrition, Orrin Devinsky, pain, Perception, research, science, Simons Foundation, Sleep, Somer Bishop, Susan Hyman, UCSF, University of Rochester, Vanderbilt University

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A presidential issue: employment and autism

Published February 15, 2016

In honor of President’s Day in the United States, today’s podcast is a summary of a few more recent studies on employment of people with autism spectrum disorder. In addition to identifying challenges between the perspectives between employees and employers on the purpose of job supports, new methods to increase and maintain employment of people […]

Filed under: employment, featured, instruction, Perception, supportive, vocational training

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A Substantial and Unexpected Enhancement of Motion Perception in Autism

Published May 8, 2013 in Journal of Neuroscience

This new study found that children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age.

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/19/8243.abstract?sid=b3767640-d45d-4226-a4ee-b182f6a93ea2

Filed under: Autism News, Autism Research, Autism Science, featured, Perception

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