ArticleMolecular autism2016
Social affiliation motives modulate spontaneous learning in Williams syndrome but not in autism.
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- The Diagnostic Potential of Eye Tracking to Detect Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children: A Systematic Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- The use of eye-tracking technology as a tool to evaluate social cognition in people with an intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Characteristics of children on the autism spectrum who benefit the most from receiving intervention in inclusive versus specialised early childhood education settings.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Trial
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- Autistic Traits, Pragmatic Difficulties, and Adaptive Outcomes in Williams Syndrome: A Systematic Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Introducing the kollaR package: A user-friendly open-access solution for eye-tracking analysis and visualization.Behavior research methods · 2025Article
- The Construct Validity of the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale (C-JARS) in School-Aged Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- The role of social motivation in sharing and fairness: insights from Williams syndrome.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
- Predictors of Developmental and Adaptive Behaviour Outcomes in Response to Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention and the Early Start Denver Model.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Brain mechanisms of social signalling in live social interactions with autistic and neurotypical adults.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Social attention and social-emotional modulation of attention in Angelman syndrome: an eye-tracking study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Social feedback enhances learning in Williams syndrome.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Autistic children's language imitation shows reduced sensitivity to ostracism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Deceptive behaviour in autism: A scoping review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- Autism and Williams syndrome: truly mirror conditions in the socio-cognitive domain?International journal of developmental disabilities · 2022Review
- Imitation in Angelman syndrome: the role of social engagement.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Does an Early Speech Preference Predict Linguistic and Social-Pragmatic Attention in Infants Displaying and Not Displaying Later ASD Symptoms?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Human Figure Drawings in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Possible Window on the Inner or the Outer World.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Playful but Mindful: How to Best Use Positive Affect in Treating Toddlers With Autism.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2020Article
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders Affecting Sociability: Recent Research Advances and Future Directions in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundChildren with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with Williams syndrome (WS) have difficulties with learning, though the nature of these remains unclear.
methodsIn this study, we used novel eye-tracking and behavioral paradigms to measure how 36 preschoolers with ASD and 21 age- and IQ-matched peers with WS attend to and learn novel behaviors (1) from the outcomes of their own actions (non-social learning), (2) through imitation of others' actions (social learning), and across situations in which imitative learning served either an instrumental function or fulfilled social affiliation motives.
resultsThe two groups demonstrated similar abilities to learn from the consequences of their own actions and to imitate new actions that were instrumental to the achievement of a tangible goal. Children with WS, unlike those with ASD, increased their attention and imitative learning performance when the model acted in a socially engaging manner.
conclusionsLearning abnormalities in ASD appear to be linked to the social rather than instrumental dimensions of learning.
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