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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	The early development of attentional mechanisms in ASD
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Kaldy, Zsuzsanna
Description Description	A growing body of work suggests that multi-level attentional factors may contribute to both the social and the non-social symptoms of ASD; fundamental differences in the weighting and prioritization of environmental information, especially during development, influences the way individuals with ASD process visual scenes, learn language, approach novel surroundings, and navigate social situations. In these proposed studies, we will test basic attentional mechanisms in 1.5-3-year-old toddlers with and without ASD (the earliest age when the condition can be reliably diagnosed) using both behavioral (gaze direction) and physiological (pupil dilation) measures. We propose that differences in early attentional engagement at the task- (but not stimulus-) level are a core factor of ASD etiology.
Funder Funder	Simons Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	0
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2013-2016
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 1: How Can I Recognize the Signs of ASD, and Why is Early Detection So Important?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	External Project Page
Institution Institution	University of Massachusetts, Boston
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number	319294
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
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