The Clinical Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

This study is designed to help us learn about brain development by researching eye contact in children and adults with autism, intellectual disability, and typically developing individuals. This project uses electroencephalography (EEG) and eye tracking technologies to measure brain function while using behavioral tasks to examine social, communication, and emotional skills.

The research will help us better understand the ways autistic individuals experience the social world and lead to new methods to develop, track, and assess treatments. Participation involves one or two visits to our lab where individuals will complete recordings of their brain waves while watching videos, talk to a clinician, and complete questionnaires. Families are provided with clinical evaluations which include individualized recommendations and written reports.

We are currently recruiting children with autism, intellectual disability and typically developing children between the ages of 3 and 17 years old. We are also enrolling autistic adults and typically developed adults between the ages of 18 and 40 years old.

This study pays up to $300 as compensation for participation.

Please visit our website for more information about this study: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/mcpartland/research/

Inclusion criteria:

• Ages 3-40
• Diagnosis of autism, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, Angelman’s syndrome
• Typical development