Autism is a syndrome that emerges in the first three years of life and is defined by a pattern of qualitative abnormalities in reciprocal social interaction, communication, and repetitive interests and behaviors. One of the characteristics which is most noticeable in those young children with autism who remain severely intellectually disabled is their propensity to engage in repetitive self-sti...

in brain areas usually associated with both the trigger sensation and the secondary sensation. For example, activation in left colour-sensitive cortex occurred in word– colour synaesthetes hearing words [14] but not in nonsynaesthetes trained to associate colour with words [15]. Many issues concerning the anatomy underlying information processing in synaesthesia remain to be elucidated but this...

OBJECTIVE Using single-subject research design, the effects of an occupational therapy intervention emphasizing sensory integration with five preschool children with autism were examined. METHOD In the AB design, nonengagement, mastery play, and interaction were measured, using videotape clips of each child's free play in the preschool. Following a 3-week baseline, an occupational therapist p...

Given the limited resources of visual working memory, multiple items may be remembered as an averaged group or ensemble. As a result, local information may be ill-defined, but these ensemble representations provide accurate diagnostics of the natural world by combining gist information with item-level information held in visual working memory. Some neurodevelopmental disorders are characterized...

It is common t o assume sensor independence in the sensory data fus ion and integration. In [l] and [2], we have illustrated that the t eam consensus approach based o n information entropy can remarkably improve the measurement accuracy. T h e major benefits of the approach are (a) the simple linear combination of the weighted initial expected estimates f o r each sensor; and (b) the low order ...

the computational method based on using the operational matrix of anorthogonal function for solving variational problems is computeroriented. in this approach, a truncated hartley series together withthe operational matrix of integration and integration of the crossproduct of two cas vectors are used for finding the solution ofvariational problems. two illustrative examples are included todemon...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of sensory processing strategies in improving the activity level of children with sensory integration dysfunction. METHODS The study used a matching-only pretest-posttest control group design, which requires random matching of sensory integration dysfunction to the corresponding intervention group (n = 18) and control g...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Balance deficits in people with Parkinson's disease can affect any of the multiple systems encompassing balance control. Thus, identification of the specific deficit is crucial in customizing balance rehabilitation. The sensory organization test, a test of sensory integration for balance control, is sometimes used in isolation to identify balance deficits in people with P...