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Social orienting of children with autism to facial expressions and speech: a study with a wearable eye-tracker in naturalistic settings

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The 16p11.2 locus modulates brain structures common to autism, schizophrenia and obesity

Anatomical structures and mechanisms linking genes to neuropsychiatric disorders are not deciphered. Reciprocal copy number variants at the 16p11.2 BP4-BP5 locus offer a unique opportunity to study the intermediate phenotypes in carriers at high risk for a ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Improving emotional face perception in autism with diuretic bumetanide: A proof-of-concept behavioral and functional brain imaging pilot study

Nouchine Hadjikhani, Ophélie Rogier, Loyse Hippolyte, Torsten Ruest

Clinical observations have shown that GABA-acting benzodiazepines exert paradoxical excitatory effects in autism, suggesting elevated intracellular chloride (Cl-)(i) and excitatory action of GABA. In a previous double-blind randomized study, we have shown ...

Sage Publications Ltd2015

Predictable enriched environment prevents development of hyper-emotionality in the VPA rat model of autism

Deborah La Mendola, Henry Markram, Kamila Markram, Mônica Regina Favre, Julie Meystre, Dimitri Marco Christodoulou, Melissa Cochrane

Understanding the effects of environmental stimulation in autism can improve therapeutic interventions against debilitating sensory overload, social withdrawal, fear and anxiety. Here, we evaluate the role of environmental predictability on behavior and pr ...

Frontiers Research Foundation2015

Embodied interaction using non-planar projections in immersive virtual reality

Ronan Boulic, Bruno Herbelin, Sami Perrin, Henrique Galvan Debarba

In this paper we evaluate the use of non-planar projections as a means to increase the Field of View (FoV) in embodied Virtual Reality (VR). Our main goal is to bring the virtual body into the user’s FoV and to understand how this affects the virtual body/ ...

ACM Press2015

Computational Analysis Of Behavior In Employment Interviews And Video Resumes

Laurent Son Nguyen

Used in nearly every organization, employment interviews are a ubiquitous process where job applicants are evaluated by an employer for an open position. Consisting of an interpersonal interaction between at least one interviewer and a job applicant, they ...

EPFL2015

Emotional contagion for pain is intact in autism spectrum disorders

Nouchine Hadjikhani, Ophélie Rogier, Loyse Hippolyte, Torsten Ruest

Perceiving others in pain generally leads to empathic concern, consisting of both emotional and cognitive processes. Empathy deficits have been considered as an element contributing to social difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

A Wearable Camera Detects Gaze Peculiarities during Social Interactions in Young Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Aude Billard, Basilio Noris, Patrick Jermann, Silvia Magrelli

We report on the study of gazes, conducted on children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), by using a novel head-mounted eye-tracking device called the WearCam. Due to the portable nature of the WearCam, we are able to monitor naturalistic intera ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2014