This $831,412 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will support research at Yale University investigating the role of value learning in core features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in toddlers. The research project aims to elucidate the processes by which social and non-social stimuli gain privileged status in the attentional system for toddlers with and without ASD. The study will examine value learning, selective social attention, and the associations with ASD symptom severity over a 5-year period from 2024 to 2029. This research seeks to enhance understanding of the mechanisms underlying differences in social attention in ASD, which could inform the development of targeted interventions.
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