Strength-based technology clubs for autistic adolescents: A feasibility study. by Matthew Jones, Benjamin Milbourn, Marita Falkmer, Tele Tan, Sven Bölte, Sonya Girdler

“…Strength-based technology clubs are thought to help autistic adolescents transition to adulthood by developing positive traits, enhancing technical skills, and creating supportive networks. …”
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Strength-based technology clubs for autistic adolescents: A feasibility study by Matthew Jones, Benjamin Milbourn, Marita Falkmer, Tele Tan, Sven Bölte, Sonya Girdler

“…Strength-based technology clubs are thought to help autistic adolescents transition to adulthood by developing positive traits, enhancing technical skills, and creating supportive networks. …”
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The use of wearable technology to measure and support abilities, disabilities and functional skills in autistic youth: a scoping review by Melissa H. Black, Benjamin Milbourn, Nigel T. M. Chen, Sarah McGarry, Fatema Wali, Armilda S. V. Ho, Mika Lee, Sven Bölte, Torbjorn Falkmer, Sonya Girdler

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Altered task induced functional brain networks and small-world properties in autism by Tushar Chouhan, Melissa H. Black, Melissa H. Black, Melissa H. Black, Melissa H. Black, Melissa H. Black, Sonya Girdler, Sonya Girdler, Sonya Girdler, Sonya Girdler, Sonya Girdler, Sonya Girdler, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Tele Tan, Tele Tan, Tele Tan, Cuntai Guan

“…Electroencephalogram (EEG)-based functional brain networks were examined, including the investigation of differences in the time-varying whole-brain functional networks and the exploration of the task induced small-world properties.ResultsThe results showed statistically significant differences in the task-induced functional networks between autistic and non-autistic adults. Autistic adults compared to non-autistic adults showed a significant shift in the connectivity-based FER processing from the lower to the higher EEG frequency bands.DiscussionThese findings may provide evidence at a neural level for the notion that autistic individuals have a preference for bottom-up lower-level processing, or alterations in top-down global processing, potentially contributing to the FER difficulties observed in this population. …”
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Reduced brain connectivity along the autism spectrum controlled for familial confounding by co-twin design by Janina Neufeld, Simon Maier, Mirian Revers, Marco Reisert, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Sven Bölte

“…Both clinical autism and autistic traits were associated with reductions in structural connectivity. …”
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School-based social skills group training (SKOLKONTAKT™): a pilot randomized controlled trial by Anna Fridell, Anna Fridell, Anna Fridell, Christina Coco, Christina Coco, Christina Coco, Anna Borg, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte

“…PurposeDifferences in socio-communicative behaviors contribute to social challenges for autistic learners at school and, in turn, are associated with increased risks of educational underachievement, social exclusion, and mental health issues. …”
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Excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in autism: the role of glutamate and GABA gene-sets in symptoms and cortical brain structure by Viola Hollestein, Geert Poelmans, Natalie J. Forde, Christian F. Beckmann, Christine Ecker, Caroline Mann, Tim Schäfer, Carolin Moessnang, Sarah Baumeister, Tobias Banaschewski, Thomas Bourgeron, Eva Loth, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Declan G. M. Murphy, Nicolaas A. Puts, Julian Tillmann, Tony Charman, Emily J. H. Jones, Luke Mason, Sara Ambrosino, Rosemary Holt, Sven Bölte, Jan K. Buitelaar, Jilly Naaijen

“…The glutamate gene-set was associated with all autism symptom severity scores on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) within the autistic group. In adolescents and adults, brain regions with greater gene-expression of glutamate and GABA genes showed greater differences in CT between autistic and neurotypical control participants although in opposing directions. …”
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Global motion processing in infants’ visual cortex and the emergence of autism by Irzam Hardiansyah, Pär Nyström, Mark J. Taylor, Sven Bölte, Angelica Ronald, Terje Falck-Ytter

“…EEG data from nearly 500 five month old infants shows that a different topographical organization of global motion processing is associated with autistic symptoms in toddlerhood.…”
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Behavioral and biological divergence in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for autism phenotypes: A systematic review by Lynnea Myers, Pei‐Yin Pan, Karl Lundin Remnélius, Janina Neufeld, Peter B. Marschik, Ulf Jonsson, Sven Bölte

“…Neurological disorders and early medical events were associated with ASD and autistic traits, while no within pair differences were found for minor physical anomalies or head circumference. …”
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No transfer of arousal from other’s eyes in Williams syndrome by Johan Lundin Kleberg, Astrid E. Z. Hallman, Martyna A. Galazka, Deborah M. Riby, Sven Bölte, Charlotte Willfors, Christine Fawcett, Ann Nordgren

“…In WS, higher pupillary contagion was associated with lower autistic symptoms of social communication. Diminished synchronization of arousal may explain why individuals with WS have social challenges, whereas synchronization of arousal is not a necessary correlate of high social motivation.…”
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Pre‐pragmatic language use in toddlerhood: Developmental antecedents, aetiological factors, and associations to autism by Maja Rudling, Ana Maria Portugal, Sven Bölte, Terje Falck‐Ytter

“…In children with an elevated likelihood of ASD, decontextualized language use was negatively associated with autistic symptoms. Conclusions This study suggests that decontextualized language is developmentally associated with, yet dissociable from, more general language development measured as grammatical ability. …”
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Minor physical anomalies in neurodevelopmental disorders: a twin study by Lynnea Myers, Britt-Marie Anderlid, Ann Nordgren, Charlotte Willfors, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Kristiina Tammimies, Sven Bölte

“…Results Within the cohort sample, a specific association was found between MPAs and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis (crude odds ratio = 1.29, p = .047; adjusted odds ratios = 1.26–1.33, adjusted p values = .032–.073) and autistic traits (crude β = 3.02, p = .002; adjusted β = 2.28, p = .019), but not NDDs in general or ADHD, nor within-pairs. …”
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Associations between Elemental Metabolic Dynamics and Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity Are Altered in Autism by Paul Curtin, Janina Neufeld, Austen Curtin, Christine Austin, Johan Isaksson, Karl Lundin Remnelius, Hjalmar Nobel Norrman, Manish Arora, Sven Bölte

“…Second, we found that associations between the DMN and elemental biomarkers, particularly involving phosphorus, calcium, manganese, and magnesium, differed significantly in autistic participants from control participants. In sum, these findings suggest that functional dynamics in elemental metabolism relate broadly to persistent patterns of functional connectivity in the DMN, and that these associations are altered in the emergence of autism.…”
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Genetic and environmental contributions to co-occurring physical health conditions in autism spectrum condition and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder by Pei-Yin Pan, Mark J. Taylor, Henrik Larsson, Catarina Almqvist, Paul Lichtenstein, Sebastian Lundström, Sven Bölte

“…Furthermore, it needs to be considered that the higher prevalence of physical health conditions among autistic children and children with ADHD could be associated with the increased number of medical visits. …”
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