Journal
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 452-469Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.02.012
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- National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH R21 MH105816, NIMH P50 MH100029, NIMH 2P50 MH100029-6, NIMH K01 MH108741]
- Marcus Foundation
- Whitehead Foundation
- Simons Foundation
- Georgia Research Alliance
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Within the context of early infant-caregiver interaction, we review a series of pivotal transitions that occur within the first 6 months of typical infancy, with emphasis on behavior and brain mechanisms involved in preferential orientation towards, and interaction with, other people. Our goal in reviewing these transitions is to better understand how they may lay a necessary and/or sufficient groundwork for subsequent phases of development, and also to understand how the breakdown thereof, when development is atypical and those transitions become derailed, may instead yield disability. We review these developmental processes in light of recent studies documenting disruptions to early-emerging brain and behavior mechanisms in infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, shedding light on the brain-behavior pathogenesis of autism.
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