... disorder characterized by abnormalities in social interaction, communication, and the ... secondary behavioral features that are commonly associated with autism. ...

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... Allport, FH (1962), A structuronomic conception of behavior: Individual and collective, Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 64, 3-30. ...

... A few decades ago, Ruth Benedict stated that the "normals" of one culture might seem to be the "abnormals of another, that is, their behavior would ...

... Mezoff, B. (1982). Cognitive style and interpersonal behavior: A review ... attributes. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 66, 574-583. ...

Because information about gender, kin, and social status are essential for reproduction and survival, it seems likely that specialized neural mechanisms have evolved to process social information. This review describes recent studies of four aspects of social information processing: (a) perception of social signals ...

We showed earlier that social isolation from weaning (a paradigm frequently used to model social neglect in children) induces abnormal forms of attack in rats, and assumed that these are associated with hyperarousal. To investigate this hypothesis, we deprived rats of social contacts from weaning and studied their ...

Abnormal phospholipid metabolism has been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, and it was reported that phospholipase C (PLC) beta1 is reduced in specific brain areas of patients with schizophrenia. However, the causal relationship of the PLCbeta1 gene with behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia remains unclear. To address this issue, we have ...

Until recently, the social cognitive impairment in schizophrenia has been underappreciated and remains essentially untreated. Deficits in emotional processing, social perception and knowledge, theory of mind, and attributional bias may contribute to functional social cognitive impairments in schizophrenia. The amygdala has been ...

: � Anxiety, social anxiety � Autism � Williams syndrome � Schizophrenia Socio-cognitive dysfunctions: � Alzheimer's � Parkinson's � Stroke The growing number of mutant or transgenic animals with abnormal social recognition test #12;Modeling autism: beyond social deficits Angular velocity (degree/ s) ...

Using social robots to study abnormal social development Brian Scassellati Department of Computer in their construction, can be unique tools in the study of abnormal social development. Autism is a pervasive. [15] Scassellati, B. (2003) "Investigating models of social ...

... allogrooming, care-giving, and trophallaxis) and the resulting transfer of toxicants to nestmates. We hypothesize that highly toxic termiticides that have negative effects on termite social interactions wi...

... of social experience early in their life, one can produce abnormalities in their ... causation of abnormal and normal behaviour in the development of an ...

Research regarding the behavioral aspects of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) has suggested some possible behavioral patterns including autistic features. Caregivers of 39 children (mean age = 8.4 years) with RTS (49% showing abnormality in "CREBBP" gene) and 39 children (mean age = 8.6 years) matched on developmental ...

Looking you in the mouth: abnormal gaze in autism resulting from impaired top-down modulation of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, and 3 Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA People with autism are impaired in their social behavior, including

Children with HIV may develop a range of neuropsychological abnormalities associated with the direct effects of HIV on the central nervous system (CNS). Behavioral and social-emotional difficulties may also result from HIV infection. Those with HIV may experience learning problems and academic difficulties. Discusses neurological, ...

Psittacines embody in an ideal fashion the child-like characteristics that humans adore. Animal lovers are unable to resist their expressive eyes, brightly coloured plumage, tameness and mimicry of human speech. The desire of pet-owners to have a tame, speaking bird with a very strong bond to its owner is achieved through hand-rearing, but this results in psychoreactive behavioural ...

, the notion of "abnormal" route changes ("abnormal" BGP updates) is not well defined. One AS's "abnormal" BGP learn the "normal" behaviors and use what has been learned to distinguish the "abnormal" from is a form of nearest-neighbor learning, where the label (say "normal" or ...

The biological mechanisms of human social behavior are complex. Animal models may facilitate the understanding of these mechanisms and may help one to develop treatment strategies for abnormal human social behavior, a core symptom in numerous clinical conditions. The zebrafish is perhaps the ...

This paper proposes an abnormality detection system for bather sitting in bathtub. Increasing number of in-bathtub drowning accidents in Japan draws attention. Behind this large number of bathing accidents, Japan's unique social and cultural background come surface. For majority of people in Japan, bathing serves purpose in deep warming up of body, relax ...

Here, we characterized behavioral abnormalities induced by prolonged social isolation in adult rodents. Social isolation induced both anxiety- and anhedonia-like symptoms and decreased cAMP response element�binding protein (CREB) activity in the nucleus accumbens shell (NAcSh). All of these ...

The period immediately preceding the onset of overt psychosis is characterized by a range of symptoms and behaviors including emerging attenuated psychosis, spontaneous movement abnormalities, and a broad decline in role and social functioning. Recent evidence suggests that basal ganglia dysfunction, which is implicated in the ...

Human beings are social organisms with an intrinsic desire to seek and participate in social interactions. Social anhedonia is a personality trait characterized by a reduced desire for social affiliation and reduced pleasure derived from interpersonal interactions. Abnormally high levels of ...

... Title : A Computer Model of Elementary Social Behavior,. ... The theory used as a model for this program is from George Homans' Social Behavior. ...

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests in childhood as social behavioral abnormalities, such as abnormal social interaction, impaired communication, and restricted interest or behavior. Of the known causes of autism, duplication of human chromosome 15q11-q13 ...

The research presented at this conference, including a series of excellent posters from junior investigators, documents the pervasive importance of affiliation and other social behaviors. Affiliative behaviors interact with, but are distinct from reproductive and aggressive behaviors. Patterns of ...

The interrelationships among individuals in gregarious species can have profound effects on the animals' behavior, physiology, and even health. Captive housing should address the social needs of such species because failure to do so can result in the development and expression of abnormal behavior. But determining ...

Mouse lines with behavioral phenotypes relevant to symptoms in neurodevelopmental disorders may provide models to test hypotheses about disease etiology and to evaluate potential treatments. The present studies were designed to confirm and expand earlier work on the intriguing behavioral profile of the C58/J inbred strain, including low ...

Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder, is characterized by abnormal social interactions, impaired social communication and repetitive behaviors and/or restricted interests, along with several associated symptoms including irritability and anxiety. Risperidone is approved for the irritability and self-injurious ...

A frequently noted but largely anecdotal behavioral observation in Williams syndrome (WS) is an increased tendency to approach strangers, yet the basis for this behavior remains unknown. We examined the relationship between affect identification ability and affiliative behavior in participants with WS relative to a neurotypical ...

A frequently noted but largely anecdotal behavioral observation in Williams syndrome (WS) is an increased tendency to approach strangers, yet the basis for this behavior remains unknown. We examined the relationship between affect identification ability and affiliative behavior in participants with WS relative to a neurotypical ...

The present study extends our previous work on social behavior impairment in young males with fragile X syndrome (FraX). Specifically, we evaluated whether the autistic phenomenon in FraX is expressed as a range of behavioral impairments as in idiopathic autism (Aut). We also examined whether there are behaviors, ...

Nursery rearing is the single most important risk factor in the development of severe forms of abnormal behavior, such as self-biting, in rhesus macaques. This practice is common in research laboratories and typically involves continuous pair housing of infants without maternal contact. We examined the effects of variation in peer ...

Nursery rearing is the single most important risk factor in the development of severe forms of abnormal behavior, such as self-biting, in rhesus macaques. This practice is common in research laboratories and typically involves continuous pair housing of infants without maternal contact. We examined the effects of variation in peer ...

Autonomic reactivity was studied in individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS), a genetic disorder partially characterized by abnormal social behavior. Relative to age-matched controls, the FXS group had faster baseline heart rate and lower amplitude respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). In contrast to the typically developing controls, ...

The relationship between epilepsy, epileptiform discharges, cognitive, language and behavioral symptoms is not clearly understood. Since difficulties with socialization and maladaptive behaviors are found in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), we inquired whether epileptiform activity and seizures are associated with adverse ...

Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a chromosomal condition (47, XXY) that may help us to unravel gene-brain behavior pathways to psychopathology. The phenotype includes social cognitive impairments and increased risk for autism traits. We used functional MRI to study neural mechanisms underlying social information processing. Eighteen ...

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic disorder characterized by the development of hamartomas in multiple organs. Neurological manifestation includes cortical dysplasia, epilepsy, and cognitive deficits such as mental impairment and autism. We measured the impact of TSC2-GAP mutations on cognitive processes and behavior in, ?RG transgenic mice that express a ...

BackgroundNeuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is involved in the regulation of a diverse population of intracellular messenger systems in the brain. In humans, abnormal NOS/nitric oxide metabolism is suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of some neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Mice with targeted disruption of ...

Asian elephants in the wild live in complex social societies; in captivity, however, management often occurs in solitary conditions, especially at the temples and private places of India. To investigate the effect of social isolation, this study assessed the social group sizes and the presence of stereotypies among 140 captive Asian ...

The ways that social behavior is rewarded or punished depend partly on beliefs about the purposes and effectiveness of such reward and punishment.

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The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is a genetic disorder associated with palatal abnormalities, cardiac defects, a characteristic facial appearance, learning difficulties, and delays in speech and language development. Various behavioral disorders and psychiatric illnesses have also been reported. There is much debate as to whether the ...

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a range of clinical presentations. These presentations vary from mild to severe and are referred to as autism spectrum disorders. The most common clinical sign of autism spectrum disorders is social interaction impairment, which is associated with verbal and non-verbal communication deficits and stereotyped and repetitive ...

Pair housing of laboratory macaques is widely considered to lead to positive changes in well-being, yet the process of introduction is viewed as potentially stressful and risk-prone. Behavioral and physiological data were collected on eight adult male rhesus macaques before, during, and after the process of introduction, in order to measure the initial stress of introduction ...

). Autism and abnormal development of brain connectivity. Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 9228�9231. Berthoz, S�641. Castelli, F., Frith, C., Happe, F., & Frith, U. (2002). Autism, Asperger syndrome and brain mechanisms schedule: A standardized observation of commu- nicative and social behavior. Journal of Autism

Laboratory mice bearing inactivating mutations in the genes encoding the NPAS1 and NPAS3 transcription factors have been shown to exhibit a spectrum of behavioral and neurochemical abnormalities. Behavioral abnormalities included diminished startle response, as measured by prepulse inhibition, and impaired ...

Skinner is, without a doubt, one of the most predominant figures in the development of Behavior Modification and Behavior Therapy. Skinners' work is essential to the development of Behavior Modification and Behavior Therapy. Beginning with the social need for efficient psychotherapy, and after ...

Rett syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder and a leading cause of severe mental retardation in girls. The nature of the cognitive abnormalities in Rett, as described in humans and other animal models, and its potential reversibility and treatment are the subject of this review. Rett syndrome is associated with severe mental retardation and a host of impairments that include ...

Brain abnormality in surviving premature infants is associated with an enormous amount of neurodevelopmental disability, manifested principally by cognitive, behavioral, attentional, and socialization deficits, most commonly with only relatively modest motor deficits. The most recognized contributing neuropathology is cerebral white ...

Building on animal and human lesion evidence, neuroimaging studies are increasingly identifying abnormalities in corticolimbic circuits mediating aggressive behavior. This review focuses on three neural systems involved in impulsive/reactive aggression: 1) subcortical neural systems that support the production of aggressive impulses; 2) decision-making ...

quality, offer an evenhanded treatment of abnormal psychology as both a scientific and a clinical endeavor Behavior � Reliability and validity issues. Ch. 4. The Scientific Method in Abnormal Behavior � ClinicalIndependent Learning PSYCHOLOGY 250 INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY AND ABNORMAL ...

... of social behavior in the pigeon and building behavior in the beaver. (Author). Descriptors : (*BEHAVIOR, PIGEONS), NEUROLOGY, LEARNING ...

of their behavioral repertoires. Social learning is only one of several factors that interact to influence behavioral tradition of behavior in a population of animals cannot be used to infer that a complex social learning the spread of the behavior through a population can ...

Social deprivation in early life disrupts emotionality and attentional processes in humans. Rearing rats in isolation reproduces some of these abnormalities, which are attenuated by daily handling. However, the neurochemical mechanisms underlying these responses remain poorly understood. We hypothesized that post-weaning social ...

This volume contains 20 essays on current research in representative areas of psychology. The authors are professors and researchers at universities in the United States, England, Colombia, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, France, and Canada. A wide range of topics is discussed. Included among these are social psychology of intergroup relations; color vision; endorphins and ...

A young adult male with dull normal intelligence who had a fetish to female undergarments and was engaging in socially inappropriate sexual behavior was evaluated and treated in a multimodal treatment approach. Mild and diffuse encephalopathies were noted through EEG recordings. No definite epileptiform abnormalities or focal ...