Transmodal sensory integration in Autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by social and communication impairments and by restricted and stereotyped behaviors. Sensory processing alterations seem to have an important toll in ASD individuals. In the present study, ASD and typically developing (TD) children between 8 and 12 years old will participate in a task involving visual and auditive integration while brain activity is recorded with a magnetoencephalograpy (MEG) scanner at the primary university. Participants will go through a battery of tests to associate cognition and symptomatology with the recorded MEG brain activity.
A collaborative research project will be conducted at the host university with the obtained data. Novel approaches will be applied to characterize brain activation during the different conditions of the task. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Sam M Doesburg

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Partner:

Harvard University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Simon Fraser University

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