Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0984666

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0984666

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cognitive and neural causes of language impairment in autism. Autism affects around 1 in 200 of the Australian population. The social costs of autism are huge, both for people with the disorder and for their relatives and carers. The cost to the Australian economy is estimated at $5-7 billion each year. The proposed research will lead to better understanding of the causes of autism, from brain structure and functioning through to cognitive mechanisms and symptoms. This will in turn inform genetic research. The comparison of autism and specific language impairment (SLI) will help determine whether remediation strategies for SLI are likely to be applicable to autism. The project will establish Macquarie University as Australia's first centre for neuro-cognitive autism research.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $422,285.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Cognitive Science | Linguistic Processes (Incl. Speech Production And Comprehension)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous system and disorders | Special education | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Cognitive Science | Linguistic Processes (Incl. Speech Production And Comprehension) | Nervous system and disorders | Special education

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