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Neurologische Entwicklungsstörungen bleiben oft über die gesamte Lebensspanne bestehen und können von psychiatrischen Komorbiditäten begleitet sein. Ein Hauptschwerpunkt unserer Forschung liegt in der Untersuchung der Kommunikationsmuster in Interaktionen. Wichtig ist, dass die nonverbale Kommunikation bei ASD durch qualitative Unterschiede in den einzelnen kommunikativen Verhaltensweisen und in deren Integration (z. B. Blicke und Gesten) gekennzeichnet ist. Zeitliche Faktoren spielen bei diesen Unterschieden eine wichtige Rolle. Wir untersuchen diese und verwandte Faktoren mit Hilfe von Verhaltensexperimenten, Bewegungsanalysen, Eye-Tracking, psychophysiologischen Messungen, und Neuroimaging. Außerdem arbeiten wir an der Entwicklung von Diagnose- und Screening-Instrumenten.
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Vogel, D. H. V., Falter-Wagner, C. M., Krämer, K., Schoofs, T., Kupke, C., & Vogeley, K. (2020). Flow and Structure of Time Experience – Concept, Empirical Validation and Implications for Psychopathology. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 19, 325-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-018-9573-z
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Kuschefski, M., Falter-Wagner, C. M., Bente, G., Vogeley, K., & Georgescu, A. L. (2019). Inferring Power and Dominance from Dyadic Nonverbal Interactions in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 12, 505–516. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2069
Vogel, D. H. V., Falter-Wagner, C. M., Krämer, K., Schoofs, T., Kupke, C., & Vogeley, K. (2019). Interrupted Time Experience in Autism Spectrum Disorder – Empirical Evidence from Content Analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49 (1), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3771-y
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Menassa, D., Braeutigam, S., Bailey, A. J., & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2018). The neurophysiological correlates of perceptual simultaneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Neuroscience Letters, 665, 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2017.11.045
Lambrechts*, A., Falter-Wagner*, C. M., & van Wassenhove, V. (2018). Diminished neural resources allocation to time processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders. NeuroImage: Clinical, 176, 124-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2017.09.023. *shared first and corresponding author
Isaksson, S., Salomaeki, S., Tuominen, J., Arstila, V., Falter-Wagner*, C. M., & Noreika*, V. (2018). Generalised timing impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorders across time scales and paradigms. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 99, 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.01.017. *shared last authorship
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Mueller, A. K., Falter, C. M., & Tucha, O. M. (2013). Distinct Attentional Mechanisms for Social Information Processing as Revealed by Event-related Potential Studies. International Journal of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2 (2),23-37. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.ijbcs.20130202.03
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