Neural & Behavioral Precursors to Autism
A longitudinal study conducted by:
The Infant Vision Laboratory
The Developmental Neurosciences Laboratory
The Project in Cognitive and Neural Development
University of California, San Diego
This research is funded by:
M.I.N.D. Institute
National Alliance for Autism Research
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We are currently seeking 1-month old to 18-month old infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders for participation in a series of behavioral and/or EEG studies of social and communicative development through 36-months of age. All of the assessments are safe, non-invasive measures that we have used in previous studies in our laboratory to test infants in the general population. The assessments are carefully designed to assess specific brain and behavioral systems known to be impaired in children with autism.
The goal of this research program is to better understand brain and behavioral development in autism and related developmental disorders, and to contribute to the development of assessment and treatment strategies for the disorders in early infancy in the future.
If your infant is 1 month to 18 months of age and has a sibling who is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, you live in the San Diego area, and you are interested in participating in this study, please contact our
project coordinator, Lisa Tully, at (858) 822-0541 or ltully@ucsd.edu for more information.
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