Aquatic therapy improves motor skills of persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but
its usefulness for treating functional difficulties needs to be verified yet. We tested …

We aimed at verifying the hypothesis that facial mimicry is causally and selectively involved
in emotion recognition. For this purpose, in Experiment 1, we explored the effect of tonic …

Background: We tested whether the tendency to worry could affect psychological responses
to quarantine by capitalizing on the opportunity of having collected data before the COVID-…

Background The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a popular augmentative
communication system frequently used with ‘nonverbal’ children with autism. Several …

Recent neurofunctional studies suggested that lateral prefrontal cortex is a domain-general
cognitive control area modulating computation of social information. Neuropsychological …

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental condition within the Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASD) characterized by specific difficulties in social interaction, communication and …

In recent years, studies have shown that parents of children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
(NDDs) experience more parenting stress than parents of typically developing children, …

Much evidence indicates that drawing is related to different neuropsychological abilities in
children. However, a comprehensive cognitive model of drawing in children is still lacking. …

Background: The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a common treatment
choice for non‐verbal children with autism. However, little empirical evidence is available on …

Embodied cognition theories hold that cognitive processes are grounded in bodily states.
Embodied processes in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have classically been investigated in …