International Meeting for Autism Research: Cognition

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13 The Difference Between High-Functioning Autistic Disorder and the Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Mind-Reading Ability
M. Kuroda, A. Wakabayashi, T. Uchiyama, Y. Yoshida, T. Koyama and Y. Kamio

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28 "Everyday Memory" Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders
C. R. G. Jones, F. Happé, A. Pickles, A. J. S. Marsden, J. Tregay, G. Baird, E. Simonoff and T. Charman

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29 Absence of Lateralization of Visual Scanning to Varying Facial Affect in Toddlers with Autism
L. A. Edwards, G. Ramsay, W. Jones and A. Klin

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30 An Exploration of Mathematical Abilities in High Functioning Autism (HFA)
C. Piatt, C. Korenowski, J. Volden and J. Bisanz

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31 Beta-Adrenergic Modulation of Context Processing in Individuals with An Autism Spectrum Disorder
K. E. Bodner, S. S. Saklayen, D. Q. Beversdorf and S. E. Christ

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32 Children with Autism Use Emotional but Not Referential Cues to Predict Others' Actions
G. Vivanti, C. McCormick, G. S. Young, N. Hatt, F. Abucayan, A. Nadig, S. Ozonoff and S. J. Rogers

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33 Cognitive Flexibility in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Deficits On a Pure and Sensitive Card Sorting Task
L. Van Eylen, J. Steyaert, J. Wagemans and I. L. J. Noens

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34 Discriminant Validity of ToM Storybooks and TEC in An Italian Sample of PDD Children
P. F. M. Molina, D. Bulgarelli and E. Salomone

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35 Divided Auditory Attention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
M. Wills, B. Yerys, J. James, R. Oliveras-Rentas, G. L. Wallace, D. O. Black, K. F. Jankowski, A. M. Bollich and L. Kenworthy

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36 Executive Function and Symptom Expression Among High Functioning Children with ASD
S. Faja, G. Dawson and J. Tiwana

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37 Greater Face-Gender Effects On Emotional Face Preferences in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
L. J. Carver, V. Sampath and K. R. Dobkins

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38 HOW Magic Changes Our Expectations about AUTISM
S. R. Leekam, G. Kuhn and A. Kourkoulou

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39 The Abstraction of Prototypes by Infants at Low and High Risk for Autism
M. S. Strauss, H. Z. Gastgeb, K. W. Chua, S. Green, S. F. Hannigen and D. Wilkinson

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40 The Development of Theory-of-Mind and the Theory-of-Mind Storybooks
E. M. A. Blijd-Hoogewys, P. L. C. van Geert, M. Serra and R. B. Minderaa

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41 Using Virtual Reality to Provide Controlled Ecologically Valid Social Interaction Paradigms for Studying Cognitive Control of Initiating Joint Attention
W. L. Jarrold, M. Solomon, J. Bailenson, M. Gwaltney, S. Ozonoff and P. C. Mundy

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42 What's in a Voice? Mindreading and Prosody in Autism Spectrum Disorders
C. Chevallier

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43 Audiovisual Synchrony Predicts Level of Visual Fixation On Mouth and Eyes in 2-Year-Olds with Autism
J. Xu, G. Ramsay, A. Klin and W. Jones

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44 Autism and the Conjunction Fallacy
K. Morsanyi, S. J. Handley and J. S. B. T. Evans

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45 Bottle or No Bottle: Effects of Breastfeeding in the ASD Population
S. M. Munger, N. Adams, E. H. Sheridan, M. W. Gower, J. Barstein, T. Perez and E. M. Griffith

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46 Change-Blindness: Lack of Typical Salience for Social Information in Autism Spectrum Conditions
C. Ashwin, A. Woolgar and S. Baron-Cohen

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47 Cognitive Flexibility as a Window Into Restricted, Repetitive, Behaviors and Interests: From Behavior to Brain
B. Yerys, L. Kenworthy, K. F. Jankowski, E. Wing, J. James, W. D. Gaillard, C. J. Vaidya and G. L. Wallace

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48 Exploring the Emotional Audio-Visual Integration Ability in Autism-Using a Paradigm of Voice to Facial Expression Interference
Z. H. Xiao and L. X. Wang

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49 High Risk Infants' Visual Scanning and Attention Disengagement in Response to Emotional Faces
J. B. Wagner, R. Luyster, H. Tager-Flusberg and C. A. Nelson

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50 Increasing Facial Recognition Skills in Children with Autism
M. W. Gower, T. Perez, N. Adams and E. H. Sheridan

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51 Parent and Teacher Report of Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Effects of Parent Stress and Teacher Burnout
J. C. Landoll, P. S. Schoultz, D. C. Coman, A. Gutierrez, M. Alessandri, K. Hume, L. Sperry, B. Boyd and S. Odom

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52 Response Variability in a Low-Functioning Individual with Autism: Practical and Theoretical Implications
E. J. Pickett, N. M. Billings, L. V. Van Droof and B. Gordon

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53 Subcortical Visual Network for Face Processing: Implications for Autism
V. Troiani, E. T. Hunyadi, M. Riley, J. D. Herrington and R. T. Schultz

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54 The Challenge Task: The Development of a Group Observational Measure for Flexibility in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
J. L. Sokoloff, L. Kenworthy, A. Pierce, K. Kane, J. F. Strang, M. Adler and L. G. Anthony

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55 The Role of Maternal Education and Stress On Developmental Rates for Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
P. S. Schoultz, J. C. Landoll, D. C. Coman, A. Gutierrez, M. Alessandri, K. Hume, L. Sperry, B. Boyd and S. Odom

2:00 PM

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56 Theory of Mind Evaluated by Tom Storybooks in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: a Longitudinal Study
B. Cartier-Nelles, E. Thommen, A. Guidoux, S. Wiesendanger and E. M. A. Blijd-Hoogewys

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57 Academic Functioning in Children with ASDs Who Have Achieved Optimal Outcomes
E. Troyb, K. E. Tyson, M. Rosenthal, L. E. Herlihy, M. Helt, A. Orinstein, I. M. Eigsti, L. Naigles, M. L. Barton, E. A. Kelley, M. C. Stevens, R. T. Schultz and D. A. Fein

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58 Adaptive Functioning and Cognitive Development in Young Children with Autism
G. Mathai, L. L. Sears and L. A. Ruble

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59 Adults with Autism's Understanding of Emotion in Context
S. A. Cassidy, P. Mitchell, D. Ropar and P. Chapman

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60 Are Siblings Important Agents of Cognitive Development? Examining the Effect of Siblings On the Cognitive Skills of Children with Autism
K. A. O'Brien and V. P. Slaughter

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61 Characterizing Theory of Mind in Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Importance of Siblings
N. Basehore, A. Lukowski, M. M. Abdullah, A. R. Ly, K. Thorsen, K. Osann and W. A. Goldberg

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62 Cognitive Control in ASD: Methods to Explain Inconsistencies in Earlier Findings
H. M. Geurts

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63 Cognitive Control Mechanisms Underlying Impaired Learning in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
M. Solomon, M. J. Frank, A. Smith, D. Badre, A. Kayser and C. S. Carter

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64 Comparing Face and Object Recall with Clinical Instruments for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
L. Guy, D. Glass, T. Cermak, J. Campbell, O. Ousley, K. Rockers and A. Pakula

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65 Dissociation of Cognitive and Emotional Empathy: The Multifaceted Empathy Test for Children and Adolescents: MET-J
L. Poustka, A. Rehm, S. Steiner, M. Bock, B. Rothermel, M. Holtmann and I. Dziobek

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66 Iconic Memory: Examining the Visual Information Processing Abilities in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
C. A. McMorris, J. M. Bebko and L. N. Hancock

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67 Joint Attention as a Predictor of Developmental Change in Preschool-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
S. Novotny, D. C. Coman, P. S. Schoultz, A. Gutierrez, M. Alessandri, K. Hume, L. Sperry, B. Boyd and S. Odom

2:00 PM

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68 NEPSY-II Social Cognition Profiles for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Siblings: Preliminary Results
B. E. Deerrose, J. M. Phillips, K. J. Parker and A. Y. Hardan

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69 Prototype Learning in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
S. McCurry, H. Noble, L. G. Klinger and M. R. Klinger

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70 Sensitivity and Response to Direct and Averted Gaze in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
K. A. Rice, W. Jones and A. Klin