There is a moment many families recognize. A question is asked or a conversation begins, and then there is silence. Not the ...

Université de Montréal psychiatry professor Laurent Mottron has spent his career studying the cognitive processes of people ...

Functional asymmetries in language processing refer to the unequal engagement of the left and right cerebral hemispheres during speech perception, production and comprehension. In typical development, ...

Impairments in language and communication skills represent the core diagnostic features of autism. Individuals with autism often show delays in language acquisition; some with deficits as severe as ...

Inna Fishman and Rowena Ng place electrodes on the scalp of an individual with Williams syndrome. In Brain Sense, I tell the story of thirteen-year-old Charlie Betz (not his real name). Charlie has ...

“I think there is something wrong with his [her] hearing,” is a comment I often hear from parents of children on the spectrum, pertaining to the atypical auditory processing they notice in their loved ...

Researchers have found that children with autism spectrum disorder may not always process body movements effectively, especially if they are distracted by something else. Noticing and understanding ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...