The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is globally increasing, and the current
available interventions show variable success. Thus, there is a growing interest in additional …

Language deficits represent the core diagnostic characteristics of autism, and some of these
individuals never develop functional speech. The language deficits in autism may be due to …

Abstract Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) succeed at a range of musical
tasks. The ability to recognize musical emotion as belonging to one of four categories …

It has been suggested that individuals with autism will be less responsive to the emotional
content of music than typical individuals. With the aim of testing this hypothesis, a group of …

Although empirical research on aesthetics has had some success in explaining the average
preferences of groups of observers, relatively little is known about individual differences in …

Interfaces designed to elicit empathy provide an opportunity for HCI with important pro-social
outcomes. Recent research has demonstrated that perceiving expressive biosignals can …

Despite considerable recent interest, the biological basis and clinical diagnosis of
behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) pose unresolved problems …

Communicating with peers often poses challenges for individuals with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD); these social interactions, however, can be especially difficult during the …

While research regarding emotion recognition in ASD has focused primarily on social cues,
musical stimuli also elicit strong emotional responses. This study extends and expands the …

Nos últimos anos, muitos estudos em neurociências têm buscado compreender como o
sistema nervoso está estruturado, como funciona em pessoas com desenvolvimento global …