ASD Research

Researchers at the University of Rochester, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, have identified that children with autism spectrum disorder may not process body movements effectively—especially if they are distracted by something else. When distracted, children with autism seem to process the movements of another person differently from their peers who are not on the spectrum. Researchers used electroencephalogram (EEG), to record the brain waves of children ages 6-16 with and without autism as they watched videos of moving dots that were arranged to resemble a person. The children were asked to either focus on the color of the dots or to focus on whether the dots moved like a person. They found that the brainwaves of children with autism did not process ‘body language’ when the dots moved like a person—if the children were distracted by focusing on the color of the dots.

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