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University of Southern California
University of Southern California
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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Research
Research

The Neurobiological Basis of Heterogeneous Social and Motor Deficits in ASD

ReHaB Core ⟩ CeNEC Lab ⟩

Principal Investigator: Lisa Aziz-Zadeh PhD

Co-Investigator: Sharon Cermak EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Period
Apr 2015 – Jan 2020

Total funding
$2,151,952

This goal of this study is to better understand the relationship between variation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) along both social and motor dimensions by showing how these variations, using functional MRI imaging, relate to functioning in social and motor brain networks and functional connectivity between them.

Funding

Type Source Number Amount
Federal Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 1 R01 HD079432-01A1 $2,151,952