2023
The Selective Social Attention task in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC‐CT) feasibility study
Shic F, Barney E, Naples A, Dommer K, Chang S, Li B, McAllister T, Atyabi A, Wang Q, Bernier R, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste S, Murias M, Johnson S, Sabatos‐DeVito M, Helleman G, Senturk D, Sugar C, Webb S, McPartland J, Chawarska K, Trials T. The Selective Social Attention task in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC‐CT) feasibility study. Autism Research 2023, 16: 2150-2159. PMID: 37749934, PMCID: PMC11003770, DOI: 10.1002/aur.3026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSocial attention taskSchool-aged childrenAttention taskASD groupSpectrum disorderEye-tracking taskTotal T-scoreAttentional patternsAutism spectrumTD groupPresentation timeTrial feasibility studyGroup differencesPercent of timeOlder childrenTaskComparison groupToddlersT-scoreChildrenChildren 4Outcome variablesFaceCondition effects
2021
Preference for biological motion is reduced in ASD: implications for clinical trials and the search for biomarkers
Mason L, Shic F, Falck-Ytter T, Chakrabarti B, Charman T, Loth E, Tillmann J, Banaschewski T, Baron-Cohen S, Bölte S, Buitelaar J, Durston S, Oranje B, Persico A, Beckmann C, Bougeron T, Dell’Acqua F, Ecker C, Moessnang C, Murphy D, Johnson M, Jones E. Preference for biological motion is reduced in ASD: implications for clinical trials and the search for biomarkers. Molecular Autism 2021, 12: 74. PMID: 34911565, PMCID: PMC8672507, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-021-00476-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderBiological motion preferenceBiological motionASD groupNeurotypical participantsMotion preferencesSocial-communicative symptomsSocial-communicative skillsBiological motion stimuliSocial brain functionSocial brain regionsLow-IQ individualsLow average IQNeurocognitive mechanismsAutistic differencesIndividual differencesMotion stimuliControl stimuliLater symptomatologySpectrum disorderAverage IQCommunicative skillsVisual preferenceSocial autismControl participants
2015
Brief Report: A Mobile Application to Treat Prosodic Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Impairments: A Pilot Study
Simmons ES, Paul R, Shic F. Brief Report: A Mobile Application to Treat Prosodic Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Impairments: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2015, 46: 320-327. PMID: 26329637, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2573-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech-language pathologistsStudent engagement dataPost-treatment speech samplesEducation settingsPublic schoolsProsodic disordersEngagement dataStudentsEngagement ratingsMobile applicationsAutism spectrum disorderCommunication impairmentsProsody deficitsSpectrum disorderSchoolsPilot studyFeedbackRatingsProsodic deficitsChildrenASD