102 search results for “autism” in the Public website
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Autism & Psychosis
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Autism and higher education
How can we improve quality of life and study success in young, high-functioning adults with autism?
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Special education and autism
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XXY versus autism: evidence from neuroimaging
Brain development in children with an extra X chromosome as compared to children with autism: evidence from MRI
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Emotion regulation in young children with autism
Children with autism spectrum disorder experience serious challenges in social functioning, which threatens their development in many areas of functioning.
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Emotion regulation in children and adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Why do children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulties with acquiring emotion regulation skills; and how is this related to their social impairments and comorbid psychopathology?
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What can Elmo teach us about autism?
Being able to share your emotions is important for social development and for making friends; the same principle also applies in Sesame Street. The makers of the American Sesame Street programme have introduced a new character, Julia, in the hope of helping children and parents understand autism sufferers…
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Attention for autism in girls
Autism spectrum disorders are more often diagnosed in boys than in girls. For Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe this raises the question whether autism remains undiscovered in girls and women.
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Cooperation is improving autism treatment
There are effective treatments for people with autism, says Wouter Staal, professor of Autism Spectrum Disorders, in his inaugural lecture on 4 May. However, it is not yet clear which treatment is most effective for which individual.
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Renée Dijkhuis
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Girls are better at masking autism than boys
Girls with autism have relatively good social skills, which means that their autism is often not recognised. Autism manifests itself in girls differently from in boys. Psychologist Carolien Rieffe and colleagues from the Autism Centre and INTER-PSY (Groningen) report their findings in the Dutch Scientific…
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Rumination leads to problems in boys with autism
Boys with autism are more prone to develop physical complaints, depression and aggressive behaviour. Psychologists at Leiden University have discovered that this is mainly related to rumination. Publication in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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Lisa-Maria van Klaveren
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Carolien Rieffe starts LDE research on autism in students
The Leiden University psychologist Carolien Rieffe will investigate how to create an social climate at high schools, to make young people with autism feel more comfortable and able to engage with their social surroundings and thus develop essential social and emotional skills. Rieffe and collaborators…
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New impulse for autism research in collaboration with China
Psychologists of Leiden University and Peking University will collaborate to investigate the deficiencies in emotion recognition in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The new collaboration fits very well in the policy of Leiden University in which intensified collaboration with China has…
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Boys with autism respond more angrily to bullying
Boys who are bullied develop more fear and shame; boys who bully develop more anger and less guilt, which makes it easier to justify more bullying. Boys with autism respond more angrily to bullying than others, and thus make for an easier target. Developmental psychologist Carolien Rieffe and her colleagues…
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Wouter Staal
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Frederiek Halbertsma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Petra Barneveld
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Maretha de Jonge
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Pokémon Go new opportunity for children with autism
'A great result for the effect of Pokémon Go on children with autism', says Carolien Rieffe in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. 'Although we do not know whether the game will lead to friendships in the long term.'
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Nienke Bouw
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Gemma Zantinge
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Yvette Dijkxhoorn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Claudia König
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Özge Koca
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Genetic syndromes
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Severe behavioral and emotional problems, special education and youth care
Which educational and child welfare interventions offer optimal opportunities for positive development to children with severe behavioral and emotional disorders.
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Boya Li
Faculty of Humanities
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Carolien Rieffe
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rachel O'Connor
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Sophie van Rijn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Leo de Sonneville
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Annemieke van Drenth
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Katrien van de Vijfeijken
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Biorythm and brain dysfunction
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Evert Scholte
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Szilvia Biro
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hanna Swaab
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Are autistic youngsters less prosocial?
A common notion is that autistic people feel no need for social contact, that they are socially clumsy and show little prosocial behavior. But is that image correct? According to developmental psychologist Carolien Rieffe, an important goal of Autism Awareness Week (March 28 - April 5) is to remove…
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), with the focus on the neurobiology, neurocognition and treatment of autism
Inaugural Lecture
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Focus on Emotions research group
We examine the effect of social learning on emotional competence in children and adolescents with a typical or atypical development.
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Education
The group is involved in training in areas of diagnostic skills, treatment/prevention/intervention, neuropsychological assessment, behavioral observations, clinical interviewing, psychoeducation for parents and teachers, knowledge of intellectual disability, autism, ADHD, psychosis, aggression, as well…
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Emotion processing in preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
PhD Defence
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Autism in Higher Education: An investigation of Quality of Life
PhD Defence
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Childhood precursors of adulthood psychosis
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Measuring emotional competence across cultures in children and adolescents from 1 to 15 years old
Development and validation of instruments that can measure different aspects of emotional competence in children with normal and atypical development, and in different cultures
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Neural mechanisms of social-emotional dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder and conduct disorder
PhD Defence
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Past research
Read about the impact of past research
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Research
Research in the group Clinical Neurodevelopmental Studies is focused on understanding and influencing developmental mechanisms in children and adolescents, in particular the development of psychopathology, ranging from mild to severe neurodevelopmental disorders.