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    Collection Overview

     
    Collection ID NDARCOL0001920 Owner Anjana Bhat
    Collection Title Visual attention and fine motor coordination in infants at risk for autism Collection Status General Access
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    Collection Details

     
    Collection Title Visual attention and fine motor coordination in infants at risk for autism
    Collection Overview The broad objectives of this research are to develop novel tools for early identification of motor, social, and cognitive deficits of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) within the first six months of life. In this proposal, reaching, object exploration, and associative learning tasks are used as powerful contexts to identify impairments related to ASD and the broader autism phenotype (BAP) within the first six months of life. We will longitudinally compare two groups: 1) infant siblings of children with autism (AU Sibs), who are a cohort at high genetic risk to develop ASD and BAP impairments, and 2) typically developing, infant siblings of children with no family history of ASD (TD Sibs) at 3 and 6 months along with follow-up screening at 16 months. Methods: During reaching and object exploration, infants will be observed during single-rattle or multi-rattle conditions to probe their reaching, grasping, and visual attention/exploration patterns. In addition, during associative learning, infants will learn the relationship between their arm movements and the activation of a musical toy. We will code for learning, pattern of toy activation, and visual attention patterns. Fine-motor measures such as reaching and rhythmic arm movements will be quantified using a portable electromagnetic motion tracking system.
    Principal Investigator Anjana Narayan Bhat
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    Project Number PI Name Project Start Date Project End Date Project Title
    R03HD60809 BHAT, ANJANA 01/23/2011 12/31/2013 Visual attention and fine motor coordination in infants at risk for autism
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    Submissions

     
    Dataset Id Dataset Title Dataset Type Dataset Status Submission Date Submitted By
    8164 UConn_MCHAT_071312 Clinical Assessments Shared 07/13/2012 Anjana Bhat