2004 PROGRAM Friday & Saturday May 7 – 8, 2004 The Hyatt Hotel Sacramento, California 1 I M F A R Acknowledgements Board Members Program Committee President David Amaral Linda Daly Marian Sigman, PhD University of California, Davis University of California, Los MIND Institute Petrus de Vries Angeles Cambridge University Anthony Bailey Oxford University Glen Dunlap Vice President Sally Rogers, PhD University of South Florida Grace Baranek University of California, Davis University of North Carolina at MIND Institute Chapel Hill Deborah Fein University of Connecticut Treasurer Simon Baron-Cohen Edwin Cook, MD Cambridge University Eric Fombonne University of Chicago McGill University Marlene Behrmann Secretary Carnegie Mellon University Christopher Gillberg Diane Chugani, PhD Hill Goldsmith Wayne State University Susan Bookheimer University of California, Los University of Wisconsin Program Chair Angeles Robin Hansen Nancy Minshew, MD University of California, Davis University of Pittsburgh Medical Dermot Bowler City University Center Sandra Harris Rutgers University Membership Chair Marie Bristol-Power Robert Schultz, PhD Robert Hendren Yale University Jacob Burak University of California, Davis McGill University Nominations Chair Susan Hyman Joseph Piven, MD Tony Charman University of Rochester University of North Carolina University College London Chapel Hill Bob Joseph Diane Chugani Boston University School of Publications Chair Wayne State University/ Medicine David Amaral, PhD Children’s Hospital of Michigan University of California, Davis Marcel Just MIND Institute Edwin Cook Carnegie Mellon University University of Chicago Member at Large Connie Kasari Ricki Robinson, MD Christina Corsello University of California, Los Descanso Medical Center for University of Michigan Angeles Development and Learning 2 I M F A R Acknowledgements Chantal Kemner Sally Ozonoff Helen Tager-Flusberg University Medical Centre, The University of California, Davis Boston University Netherlands Issac Pessah Fred Volkmar Ami Klin University of California, Davis Yale Child Study Center Yale University Jane Pickett Steven Warren Patricia Krantz Autism Tissue Program ~The University of Kansas Princeton Child Development Gift Institute Hary Wright Joseph Piven University of S.Carolina School Nick Lange University of North Carolina of Medicine Harvard University Ricki Robinson Marshalyn Yeargin- Ian Lipkin Keck School of Medicine of Columbia University USC Allsopp National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Eric London Sally Rogers National Alliance for Autism University of California, Davis Research (NAAR) MIND Institute Nurit Yirmiya The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Cathy Lord Laura Schreibman University of Michigan University of California, San Diego Paul Yoder Luna Beatrice Vanderbilt University University Pittsburgh Medical Robert Schulz Center Yale Child Study Center William McMahon Andy Shih The University of Utah National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) Nancy Minshew University of Pittsburgh School Marian Sigman of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Laurent Mottron Clinique Specialisee de Tristram Smith L’autisme University of Rochester Medical Center Peter Mundy University of Miami Anne Spence University of California, Irvine Sam Odom Indiana University Wendy Stone Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital 3 I M F A R Program Agenda M a y 7, 2 0 0 4 8:00am Registration Check-In and Coffee Foyer 8:00-11:00am Brain Symposium Regency ABC A. Brain Volume Chair Diane Chugani Speakers Eric Courchesne Steve Dager “Longitudinal Brain Developmental Changes in Young Children with Autism” Joseph Piven “Longitudinal MRI Study of 18-35 Month Olds with Autism “ B. Brain Development Chair & Speaker Pat Levitt “Interneurons, Development, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders” Speakers Sam Pleasure “Regulation of Cortical and Diencephalic Development by Wnt Signaling” Kim McAllister "Rules for the Recruitment of Proteins to New Synapses: a Possible Substrate for Autism?" 8:00-4:00pm Poster Session I Foyer P1.1 Functional Brain Imaging P1.2 Face Processing P1.3 Early Detection, Screening, Diagnosis and Intervention P1.4 Language and Communication P1.5 Psychopharmacology P1.6 Diagnosis and Screening Instruments for Autism Research 11:00-11:15 am Coffee Break Foyer 11:15-12:15pm Keynote Speaker Mark Lewis Regency ABC “Repetitive Behavior in Autism” 12:15-1:15pm Box Lunch 1:15-3:15pm Slide Session I S1.1 Structural and Functional Imaging Regency D Moderator: Blythe Corbett S1.2 Autism and Memory Regency E Moderator: Dermott Bowler 4 I M F A R Program Agenda M a y 7, 2 0 0 4 S1.3 Genetics I Regency F Moderator: Allison Ashley-Koch S1.4 The Gut, Toxins and Nutrients and Autism Golden State AB Moderator: Susan Levy S1.5 Epidemiology Risk Factors & Biomedical Associations Big Sur AB Moderator: Tony Charman S1.6 Special Symposium Autism, Genes and Environment Carmel AB Funded by NIEHS Chairs Isaac Pessah Irva Hertz-Picciotto 3:15-3:30pm Coffee Break Foyer 4:00pm-9:00am Poster Session II Foyer P2.1 Genetics P2.2 Epidemiology P2.3 Structural Brain Imaging P2.4 Intervention P2.5 Perception and Cognition in Early Development 3:30-5:30pm Slide Session II S2.1 Face Processing I Regency D Moderator: Richard Davidson S2.2 Language Processing Regency E Moderator: Shiri Pearlman-Avnion S2.3 Genetics II Regency F Moderator: Allison Ashley-Koch S2.4 Early Intervention Golden State AB Moderator: Jennifer Kuhn S2.5 Early Indicators in Autism Spectrum Disorder Big Sur AB Moderator: Ami Klin S2.6 Special Symposium Autism, Genes and Environment Carmel AB Funded by NIEHS Chairs Issac Pessah Irva Hertz-Picciotto 5:30-6:30pm Reception with Hors D’oeuvres Foyer 6:30-6:45pm 2004 IMFAR Dissertation Award Presentation Regency ABC - Thayne Sweeten 6:45-7:30pm Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation Regency ABC - Marie Bristol-Powers 5 I M F A R Program Agenda M a y 8, 2 0 0 4 8:00am Registration Check-in and Coffee Foyer 8:00-10:00am Slide Session III S3.1 Face Processing II Regency D Moderator: Sara Webb S3.2 Neuropsychological Processes Regency E Moderator: Katherine Loveland S3.3 Genetics III Regency F Moderator: Hill Goldsmith S3.4 School Age Intervention Golden State AB Moderator: Steven Gutstein S3.5 Biological Aspects in Early Development Big Sur AB Moderator: John Lewis S3.6 Development of Young Siblings Carmel AB of Children with Autism Moderator: Nurit Yirmiya 9:00am-5:00pm Poster Session III Foyer P3.1 Biological Markers in Early Development P3.2 Joint Attention, Play and Social Development P3.3 Microbiology and Immunology of Autism Spectrum Disorder P3.4 Perception, Attention, Learning and Memory P3.5 Neuropathology and Basic Studies P3.6 Descriptive and Diagnostic P3.7 Families 10:00-10:15am Coffee Break Foyer 10:15-12:15pm Slide Session IV S4.1 Theory of Mind Regency D Moderator: Peter Hobson S4.2 Cognitive Processes Regency E Moderator: Laurent Mottorn S4.3 Genetics IV Regency F Moderator: Sarika Peters S4.4 Descriptive Diagnostic Golden State AB Moderator: Ina Van Berckelaer-Onnes S4.5 Microbiology and Immunology of Autism Disorder Big Sur AB Moderator: Paul Ashwood 12:15-1:15pm International Society for Autism Research Presidential Address 2004 - Marian Sigman, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 6 I M F A R Program Agenda M a y 8, 2 0 0 4 1:15-3:35pm Current Research and Hypotheses About the Regency ABC Face Processing Abilities of Individuals with Autism Chair & Speaker Mark Strauss “Facial Expertise: The Perception and Recognition of Faces by Infants, Preschoolers, and Adults with Autism” Speakers Nouchine Hadjikhani “Beyond the FFA - Perspectives on Face Perception Deficits in Autism” Robert Joseph “Are Gaze Processing Deficits Central to the Face Processing Deficits in Autism?” Robert Schultz "Task Design & Patient Characteristics that Influence Degree of FFA Activation to Faces" Jane Webb “Two Faced: Dual Theories of Face Processing Deficits in Autism” 3:35-4:00pm Coffee Break Foyer 4:00-5:00pm Keynote Speaker Marcel Just Regency ABC “Cortical Underconnectivity in High-Functioning Autism: Brain Activation and Brain Synchronization in Cognitive Tasks” 5:30-6:30pm IMFAR Business Meeting Regency AB 7 I M F A R Thematic Guide Title Type Session Day Time Room Autism and Memory Slide S1.2 Friday 1:15pm-3:15pm Regency E Autism, Genes and Slide S1.6 Friday 1:15pm-3:15pm Carmel AB Environment Autism, Genes and Slide S2.6 Friday 3:30pm-5:30pm Carmel AB Environment Biological Aspects in Early Slide S3.5 Saturday 8:00-10:00am Big Sur AB Development Biological Markers in Early Poster P3.1 Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm Foyer Development 10:15am- Cognitive Processes Slide S4.2 Saturday Regency E 12:15pm Descriptive and Diagnostic Poster P3.6 Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm Foyer 10:15am- Golden Descriptive Diagnostic Slide S4.4 Saturday 12:15pm State AB Diagnosis and Screening Instruments for Autism Poster P1.6 Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Foyer Research Early Detection, Screening, Poster P1.3 Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Foyer Diagnosis and Intervention Early Indicators in Autism Slide S2.5 Friday 3:30pm-5:30pm Big Sur AB Spectrum Disorder Golden Early Intervention Slide S2.4 Friday 3:30pm-5:30pm State AB Epidemiology Poster P2.2 Friday 4:00pm-9:00am Foyer Epidemiology Risk Factors Slide S1.5 Friday 1:15pm-3:15pm Big Sur AB & Biomedical Associations Face Processing Poster P1.2 Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Foyer Face Processing I Slide S2.1 Friday 3:30pm-5:30pm Regency D Face Processing II Slide S3.1 Saturday 8:00-10:00am Regency D Families Poster P3.7 Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm Foyer Functional