EEG Studies of Sensory Processing in Autistic Children
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Autism
In brief
This study uses EEG to study brain waves at rest and in response to specific auditory and visual sensory stimuli in autistic children. We hypothesize that, compared to same age peers, autistics will show abnormalities in their electrophysiologic processing of sounds (tones and phonemes)and visual stimuli (flashes of light)and that these abnormalities will be able to separate autistics not only from typical children but also into clinical subgroups with specific biological/electrophysiological characteristics. We hope to find biological measures which will prove diagnostic of autism in very young children and which can be used in the measurement of treatment outcome in future intervention trials.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00319722
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 130
- Starts
- 2006-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2010-05-04
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 8. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- autistic children or their younger siblings between the ages of 3 months to 8 year
- Controls: typically developing children 3mo to 8 years without known language or social disorder and not related to child with autism
- Exclusion Criteria: progressive encephalopathy, treatment with multiple antiepileptic drugs, known genetic diagnosis.
Where it is running
- MGH LADDERS Clinic — Lexington, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
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