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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	The Role of Sensory Over-responsivity in the Development of Anxiety in Children With and Without Autism
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Carpenter, Kimberly
Description Description	Kimberly Lynn Hills Carpenter, Ph.D., at Duke University Medical Center will investigate the relationship between anxiety and a phenomenon called sensory over-responsivity (SOR. SOR is characterized by heightened and unusual reactivity to sensory stimuli, such as touch and sound. Carpenter hypothesizes that SOR reflects dysregulation in the brain systems linking sensory processing to threat appraisal and that this dysregulation is moderated by a diminished ability to (1 reduce one’s response to repeated or irrelevant sensory stimuli and (2 shift attention away from sensory stimuli. Dr. Carpenter will explore this hypothesis by assessing preschool aged children with and without ASD using parental report, child observation, and EEG measures.
Funder Funder	Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	34672
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2018
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 2: What is the Biology Underlying ASD?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	Duke University Medical Center
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	The Role of Sensory Over-responsivity in the Development of Anxiety in Children With and Without Autism \| 17336 \| 2017 \| The Role of Sensory Over-responsivity in the Development of Anxiety in Children With and Without Autism \| 0 \| 2018 \|

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