Fabio Apicella

TL;DR: A developmental hypothesis focusing on the possible implication of motherese impoverishment during the course of parent–infant interactions as a possible co‐factor is described and the methodological approach used to develop a computerized algorithm to detect motheree in home videos is described.

TL;DR: Poor motor skills were a common clinical feature of preschoolers with ASD, relating both to the high level of repetitive behaviors and to the low level of expressive language, and the degree of impairment may inform clinicians about the severity of ASD core symptoms.

TL;DR: The findings overall indicate that the autism community in Europe is supportive of early autism research, and researchers should endeavour to maintain this by continuing to take community perspectives into account.

TL;DR: The Italian version of the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) was applied to a relatively large sample of preschool-aged children with ASD who underwent a comprehensive clinical assessment to increase the knowledge of the RRB complexity and variability and in turn improve the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within the autistic spectrum.

TL;DR: The preliminary results suggest the feasibility of using the proposed multimodal approach to characterise JA-related brain circuitries and visual pattern in ASD individuals and to monitor longitudinal changes in response to rehabilitative intervention.