Three decades of valproate: a current model for studying autism Spectrum disorder

D Zarate-Lopez, AL Torres-Chávez… - Current …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with increased
prevalence and incidence in recent decades. Its etiology remains largely unclear, but it …

Life is in motion (through a chick's eye)

BS Lemaire, G Vallortigara - Animal Cognition, 2023 - Springer
Cognitive scientists, social psychologists, computer scientists, neuroscientists, ethologists
and many others have all wondered how brains detect and interpret the motion of living …

Sensitive periods for social development: Interactions between predisposed and learned mechanisms

O Rosa-Salva, U Mayer, E Versace, M Hébert… - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
We analysed research that makes use of precocial species as animal models to describe the
interaction of predisposed mechanisms and environmental factors in early learning, in …

Newborns' sensitivity to speed changes as a building block for animacy perception

E Di Giorgio, M Lunghi, G Vallortigara, F Simion - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The human visual system can discriminate between animate beings vs. inanimate objects
on the basis of some kinematic cues, such as starting from rest and speed changes by self …

Zebrafish embryonically exposed to valproic acid present impaired retinal development and sleep behavior

L DeOliveira‐Mello, D Baronio, P Panula - Autism Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA), a drug widely used to treat epilepsy and bipolar
disorder, is an environmental risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). VPA has been …

Face processing in animal models: implications for autism spectrum disorder

P Sgadò, A Pross, J Lamanna, A Adiletta - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Processing facial features is crucial to identify social partners (prey, predators, or
conspecifics) and recognize and accurately interpret emotional expressions. Numerous …

Social perception of animacy: Preferential attentional orienting to animals links with autistic traits

G Yang, Y Wang, Y Jiang - Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Animate cues enjoy priority in attentional processes as they carry survival-relevant
information and herald social interaction. Whether and in what way such an attention effect …

The domestic chick as an animal model of autism spectrum disorder: building adaptive social perceptions through prenatally formed predispositions

T Matsushima, T Izumi, G Vallortigara - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Equipped with an early social predisposition immediately post-birth, humans typically form
associations with mothers and other family members through exposure learning, canalized …

Avian models for brain mechanisms underlying altered social behavior in autism

A Csillag, Á Ádám, G Zachar - Frontiers in physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The current review is an update on experimental approaches in which birds serve as model
species for the investigation of typical failure symptoms associated with autism spectrum …

A transient time window for early predispositions in newborn chicks

E Versace, M Ragusa, G Vallortigara - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Neonates of different species are born with a set of predispositions that influence their early
orienting responses toward the first stimuli encountered in their life. Human neonates and …