7th Annual International Meeting For Autism Research ... - Confex

Program
4:15 152.3
Effect of Serotinin on Processing of Emotional Faces in
Asperger’s Syndrome. fMRI and Acute Tryptophan Depletion.
E. Daly*, Q. Deeley, S. Surguladze, M. Phillips, M. Craig and D.
Murphy, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
4:30 152.4
Mindreading, Mirror Neurons, And Cortical Midline Structures In
Autism. R. K. Kana* 1 , T. Keller 2 , D. L. Williams 3 , V. Cherkassky 2 ,
N. J. Minshew 4 and M. A. Just 2 , (1)University of Alabama,
Birmingham; Carnegie Mellon University, (2)Carnegie Mellon
University, (3)Duquesne University, (4)University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
4:45 152.5
Cognitive and Emotional Empathy and their Neurofunctional
Correlates in Autism Spectrum Conditions. I. Dziobek*, I. Wolf,
M. Bahnemann, J. Kirchner and H. R. Heekeren, Max-Planck-
Institute for Human Development
5:00 152.6
MEG Investigations Of Neural Synchrony In Auditory Language
Cortex In Children With Autistic Disorder, Their Unaffected
Siblings, And Typically Developing Controls. N. M. Gage*, A. L.
Isenberg and M. A. Spence, University of California, Irvine
5:15 152.7
fMRI Investigation of Visual Search in Autism Spectrum
Disorder. B. M. Keehn* 1 , L. Brenner 2 , E. Palmer 3 , A. J. Lincoln 4
and R. A. Müller 3 , (1)San Diego State University and University
of California, San Diego, (2)University of California, Los Angeles,
(3)San Diego State University, (4)Alliant International University
5:30 152.8
Neural Underpinnings of Autistic Reasoning and Novel Problem
Solving. I. Soulieres* 1 , M. Dawson 2 , F. Samson 3 , E. B. Barbeau 3 ,
C. Sahyoun 4 , T. A. Zeffiro 5 and L. Mottron 6 , (1)Massachusetts
General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, (2)Hopital Rivieredes-Prairies,
(3)Riviere des Prairies Hospital, University
of Montreal, (4)Harvard/ MIT, (5)Neural Systems Group,
Massachussetts General Hospital, (6)Université de Montréal
Oral Presentations
153 Repetitive Behaviour
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM - Mancy
3:45 153.1
Stability of Individual Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J. Richler* 1 , M.
Huerta 2 , S. L. Bishop 3 and C. Lord 4 , (1)University of Minnesota,
(2)University of Illinois - Chicago, (3)Waisman Center, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, (4)University of Michigan Autism and
Communication Disorders Center
4:00 153.2
‘Over and Over Again’: Comparing Repetitive Behaviours
in Typically Developing Children and Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorder, at a Two Year Language Age. N. Burton 1 , H.
McConachie* 1 , S. Leekam 2 , E. Meins 2 , K. Parkinson 1 , B. Arnott 2
and A. S. Le Couteur 1 , (1)Newcastle University, (2)University of
Durham
4:15 153.3
Repetitive behavior, basal ganglia and thalami changes in ASD
from 3 to 6 years of age. A. M. Estes*, J. Munson, G. Dawson, D.
Shaw, V. Hus and S. Dager, University of Washington
4:30 153.4
Restricted And Repetitive Behaviors In Children Between
8 To 57 Months With Autism Based On Autism Diagnostic
Observation Schedule (ADOS). S. H. Kim* 1 , W. Guthrie 2 and
C. Lord 2 , (1)University of Michigan, (2)University of Michigan
Autism and Communication Disorders Center
4:45 153.5
Co-morbid Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorders. H. M. G. Hsu 1 ,
D. Pearson 2 , R. Mansour 2 and K. Loveland* 2 , (1)Fu Jen Catholic
University, (2)University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
5:00 153.6
Examining the Structure of the Repetitive Behavior Scale-
Revised in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. S.
Georgiades* 1 , E. Duku 1 , I. Smith 2 , P. Mirenda 3 , P. Szatmari 1 , S.
Bryson 2 , E. Fombonne 4 , W. Roberts 5 , T. Vaillancourt 1 , J. Volden 6 ,
C. Waddell 7 , L. Zwaigenbaum 8 and P. I. ASD Study Team 9 , (1)
Offord Centre for Child Studies & McMaster University, (2)IWK
Health Centre, Dalhousie University, (3)University of British
Columbia, (4)Montreal Children’s Hospital & McGill University,
(5)The Hospital for Sick Children & University of Toronto, (6)
University of Alberta, (7)Simon Fraser University, (8)Glenrose
Rehabilitation Hospital & University of Alberta, (9)N/A
5:15 153.7
Assessment of Restrictive/Repetitive Behaviors in Probands and
Parents. R. K. Abramson* 1 , A. Hall 2 , M. L. Cuccaro 3 , J. Gilbert 4 , M.
Pericak-Vance 4 and H. H. Wright 1 , (1)Univ. S. Carolina Sch. Med.,
(2)Univ. S. Carolina Sch. Public Health, (3)University of Miami
School of Medicine, (4)Miami institute of human genomics
5:30 153.8
Familial Associations of Intense Preoccupations, an Empirical
Factor of the Restricted, Repetitive Behaviors and Interests
Domain of Autism. C. J. Smith* 1 , C. M. Lang 2 , L. M. Kryzak 2 ,
E. Hollander 2 , R. Melmed 1 and J. M. Silverman 2 , (1)Southwest
Autism Research & Resource Center, (2)Mount Sinai School of
Medicine
Poster Presentations
154 Language Posters
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Champagne Terrace/Bordeaux
2:00 1 154.1
Prosodic processing: the effect of semantic context and
relationship with “autistic” traits on the perception of
contrastive stress. S. Peppe 1 , J. McCann 1 , M. Ota 2 and M.
Stewart* 3 , (1)Queen Margaret University, (2)University of
Edinburgh, (3)Heriot-Watt University
2:00 2 154.2
Pragmatic inferences in high-functioning adults with autism
and Asperger syndrome. J. Pijnacker* 1 , P. Hagoort 1 , J. Buitelaar 2 ,
J. P. Teunisse 3 and B. Geurts 3 , (1)F.C. Donders Centre for
Cognitive Neuroimaging, (2)Radboud University Nijmegen
Medical Centre, (3)Radboud University Nijmegen
3:00 3 154.3
The Influence of the Frequency of Maternal Speech Acts vs.
Children’s Responsiveness to Those Speech Acts in Typically
Developing Children and Children with Autism. L. D. Swensen* 1 ,
D. Fein 2 and L. Naigles 2 , (1)NYS Institute for Basic Research in
Developmental Disabilities, (2)University of Connecticut
3:00 4 154.4
Using The Children’s Communication Checklist (CCC-2) And The
Test Of Pragmatic Language To Identify Pragmatic Language
Impairment In Speakers With Autism Spectrum Disorder. J.
Volden* and L. Phillips, University of Alberta
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