Children with Asperger's syndrome show deficits in social functioning while their intellectual and language development is intact suggesting a specific dysfunction in mechanisms mediating social cognition. An action observation/execution matching system might be one such mechanism. Recent studies indeed showed that electrophysiological modulation of the "Mu-rhythm" in the 10-12Hz range is weake...

UNLABELLED Individuals with psychiatric disorders can present perception, attention and memory deficits, raising doubts about peripheral and/or central hearing loss. Thus, the aim of this study is to describe the audiological and electrophysiological results of individuals with psychiatric disorders, looking for peripheral and/or central auditory disorders. METHODS 20 individuals with autism ...

Asperger Syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder that reduces a patient’s ability to interact socially, and restricts their interests and abilities. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), it has been shown that Asperger patients exhibit reduced activity between the nodes of a resting-state neuronal network comprised of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), the medial prefrontal cor...

This study investigated imagination via drawing tasks, in 15 children with autism and 15 children with Asperger Syndrome, compared to verbal mental age matched normal children and children with moderate learning difficulties (MLD). Experiment 1 used the Draw an Impossible Man Task. While children with autism were impaired relative to the normal group, they were not impaired relative to the chil...

Autism and Asperger syndrome are diagnostic entities in a family of neurodevelopmental disorders disrupting fundamental processes of socialization, communication and learning, collectively known as pervasive developmental disorders. This group of conditions is among the most common developmental disorders, affecting 1 in every 200 or so individuals. They are also the most strongly genetically r...

This article introduces the "basic level reader" to Asperger Syndrome (AS), with primary emphasis placed upon adults. The first and longest part of the article reviews the diagnostic criteria for AS, and covers its manifestations under each of five primary characteristics. The second part of this article briefly reviews related medical conditions common to children and adults with AS. The third...

This article provides an overview of the history and clinical features of Asperger syndrome, and considers guidelines for clinical assessment and treatment. A review of issues related to external validity is provided, which points out the limitations of current research, and lists several potentially beneficial areas of investigation into the nosologic status of the condition. It concludes with...