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THE NEUROLOGY OF ASD
Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D.www.texasautism.org
NOT ALL SLIDES ARE IN YOUR HANDOUTS
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Anna
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Facebook, 2016
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Austin wrote: I wish that they knew that I am autistic. I wish that my teacher knew that I need help on a lot of things like my handwriting. I wish that my teacher knew that I have a depressed life sometimes. I wish my teacher knew that I am not being defiant. I am overwhelmed, shutting down. I wish that my teacher knew that I am very good at bottling up anger and having outbursts.
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My Credo
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My Credo
If you can’t explain it to a 6-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
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ASD IS A HETEROGENEOUS DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
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Zeliadt, 2017
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REINFORCEMENT
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Reinforcement
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Reinforcement• Reward center in the brain: mesocorticolimbicor mesolimbic system
Kohls et al., 2013; Scott-Vanzeeland et al., 2010
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Reinforcement• Brain activity associated with token reinforcement
Kohls et al., 2013; Scott-Vanzeeland et al., 2010
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Reinforcement• Brain activity associated with social reinforcement
TD
ASD
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THE BEST REINFORCER …
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Special Interests
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Reinforcement
Social
Tangible
Special Interest
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Reinforcement
SocialSpecial Interest
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Reinforcement
Special Interest Social
Pairing=
Rewiring
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REGULATION
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Physical Aggression
Mazurek, M. O., Kanne, S. M., & Wodka, E. L. (2013). Physical aggression in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(3), 455-465.
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Regulation
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Regulation Challenges• Over 50% experience self-regulation challenges• Difficulties
• Recognizing emotions in self• Difficulty matching emotions to events• Staying calm or calming down when upset or overwhelmed
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Individuals with ASD process small changes – such as a change in the schedule -- similar to the way another person would process a major change – such as being fired from a job (Gomot & Wicker, 2012).
Regulation/Change
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Self-Regulation -Underactivity
• The yellow areas represent a composite of fMRI scans showing the areas of the prefrontal cortexes that are significantly less active in people with autism during emotion regulation.
Richey et al., 2015
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Brain Stem Volume
Lundwell et al., 2017
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Reactive Aggression• Not planned in advance
• Occurs because the individual does not have the skills to problem solve, recognize feelings in self, match feelings, to event, and calm self
Farmer et al., 2014
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Amygdala
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Regulation: Amygdala• Detects danger• Produces stress, fear, anxiety
• Related to eye contact and emotion recognition
• Key in behaviors, such as anxiety, meltdowns and aggression
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LEARNING
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Learning
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Visual and Auditory Processing
NT Brain Autism Brain
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Brains of Individuals with ASD are 40% More Active than Those of NTs
Temple Grandin’s brain Pérez Velázquez & Galán 20
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IMPLICIT LEARNING
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Implicit Learning • Learning without trying to do so
• “Just picking it up”• “Automatically getting it”• “I don’t know how I learned it – I just did”
Schipul & Just, 2016
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Implicit Learning
Social Interaction Language
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Implicit Learning• Typically relies on the the different parts of the brain
working together• This is known as integration
Schipul & Just, 2016
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Implicit Learning• Individuals with ASD have less and different integration
across brain regions
Schipul & Just, 2016
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DOES THIS REALLY MEAN ANYTHING IN REAL LIFE?
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Implicit Learning• So …..• Individuals with ASD may require direct instruction on
tasks that are implicitly learned and may take a longer time to learn them
Schipul & Just, 2016
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Rote Memory/Comprehension
Just et al. 2004
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SENSORY
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Sensory
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PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE INUNDATED WITH A DELUGE OF SENSORY INFORMATION THAT CAN TURN EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENTS INTO DISTRESSING EXPERIENCES
Lurie, 2015
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THE SENSORY SYSTEMS
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Sensory: Auditory • For those with
ASD, the brain regions that process emotions react more to noise than those who are TD
ASD
ASD
Green et al., 2013
TD
ASD
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Sensory: Auditory and Tactile
Hyperresponsivity to mildly aversive tactile and auditory stimuli, particularly when multiple modalities presented simultaneously. Green et al., 2015
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GABA: Differences in Individuals with ASD
• An inhibitory neurotransmitter • Stops brain cells from
acting in response to information they receive from the senses
• Enables the brain to process digestible pieces of information rather than try to take in everything at once
Robertson et al., 2015
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MOTOR
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Motor
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Motor
Mostofsky et al. 2009
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Motor• Difference and delayed acquisition of gestures
• Key in socialization and communication• Difficulty shifting executing motor actions, including those
that should be automatic• Delays in speech production
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Motor - Handwriting• Alignment, formation, size, and spacing significantly
different than in same age peers• No significant difference in these handwriting factors
across age • IF YOU WANT THE STUDENT/CHILD TO SHOW YOU
WHAT SHE KNOWS, DO NOT PUT A PENCIL IN HER HAND!
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SOCIAL/ COMMUNICATION
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Social/Communication
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Whole Brain Structure Differences: Areas of the Social/Communication Brain
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Social Communication: Language Differences
Herringshaw et al., 2016
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Social Communication: Language Differences
Herringshaw et al., 2016
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Sound More Competent Than They Are• Expressive language is most often more
advanced than receptive language. • Expressive language in children with
ASD, however, DOES NOT EQUAL comprehension.
• Many children with AS will say something without knowing what it means.
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Social Perception
Björnsdotter et al., 2016
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Social/Communication: Superior Temporal Sulcus• Underactive• Eye gaze• Understanding facial expressions and body movements
• Understanding the interactions of two people
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Social/Communication: Superior Temporal Sulcus• Determining appropriateness or inappropriateness
• Using language to explain or ask about interactions
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Social/Communication: Superior Temporal Sulcus• Generalization of social interactions
• Flexible thought
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Social/Communication• Individuals with ASD process faces using that same areas that typically process objects
Courchesne & Pierce, 2005
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PSEUDO-LOGICFrom Facebook
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Pseudo-logic (and Implicit Learning)• Is extremely logical, but the logic is very unique based on
that student’s perspective• Is often misunderstood• Assumes he is right• Does not ask questions• Assumes his logic is the same as others• May be perceived as argumentative
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LITERALNESS
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Literal Approach to Life• People say exactly what they mean• People mean exactly what they say• There is no need to look for other meanings
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Literalness
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Literalness
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Literalness
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Literalness
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Literalness
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Literalness
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THEORY OF MIND
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After lunch today, I had trouble concentrating because this kid kept tapping his pencil. I told him to stop but he just looked at me and kept tapping. He continued to tap his pencil even after the teacher told him to stop. When I couldn't’t stand the noise another second, I grabbed his pencil and broke it. It isn’t fair that I’m the one in trouble now.This is Asperger Syndrome.
Theory of Mind
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Theory of Mind: Part I• Detecting mental states through immediately available observable information (i.e., eye gaze, body posture, gestures)
Sabbagh, 2004
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Theory of Mind: Part II• Understanding the perspective, thoughts, feelings of others
• Predicting what others will do
• Understanding what will happen next
Sabbagh, 2004
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CENTRAL COHERENCE
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Central Coherence• Seeing the forest and the trees
• Understanding the big ideas and the details
• Understanding what is important and important in any situation
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Central Coherence
• When learning this information, what is important?
• If you have good central coherence, you will memorize the names that match to the parts.
• If you do not, you memorize the words in order.
• Or memorize the colors.
Sondra
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WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR TASKS?
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WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR INTERACTIONS AND EMOTIONS?
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PROBLEM SOLVING
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Problem Solving
Channon, 2004
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Problem-Solving Is Not Related to IQ
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Problem Solving• “One way of viewing a problem”• Sees facts instead of a whole• Problems with cause and effect• Does not see problems as having more than one option• Stuck thinking• Problem solving is often literal
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All Areas of Functioning are Impacted
• According to Nancy Minshew, a specialist in psychiatry and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: “… you cannot compartmentalize ASD. They are [sic] much more complex.”