Autism and Joint Attention

1. A Brief History of the Concept of Autism *Autism and the Myth of the Unresponsive Child *The Demise of the Unresponsive Prototype *The Dimensional Approach to the Social Nature of Autism *The Fuzzy Nature of Human Nature *The Moderator Model of Autism 2. The Dimension of Joint Attention and ASD Diagnosis *Joint Attention and the Research Domain Criteria *Joint Attention and the Evolution of the DSM Criteria for ASD 3. Joint Attention in Symptom Assessment and Risk Identification *Joint Attention and Defining the Social Nature of Autism *The Development of Clinical Measures of Joint Attention *Applications of Joint Attention Measures to the Study of ASD *Risk identification in Infant Siblings *Joint Attention in Other Conditions 4. Joint Attention, Learning, and Social Cognition *Joint Attention, Mentalizing, and Autism *The Social-Cognitive Hypothesis of Joint Attention *Joint Attention, Developmental Dissociations, and Timing *An Alternative Theory of Joint Attention and Social Cognition *Gender Differences and Joint Attention *Joint Attention in Childhood *Summary and Conclusion 5. Social Orienting, Joint Attention, and Social Motivation *Three Questions about the Development of Joint Attention *The Many Dimensions of the Social Phenotype of ASD *When Does Joint Attention Develop? *Joint Attention, Language Development, and Social Orienting *Joint Attention and Cognitive Processing in Infancy 6. Early Intervention, Joint Attention, and ASD *Models of Early Intervention *Approaches to Joint Attention Intervention *The JASPER Intervention *Joint Attention and Intervention for Older Verbal Children *Summary and Conclusions 7. Neurodevelopment of Joint Attention *The Need for Caution in the Cognitive Neuroscience of ASD *Choosing Dimensions in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of ASD *Evidence for the Neural Network of Joint Attention *Imaging Studies of Joint Attention in Autism Spectrum Development *The Overlap between the Joint Attention and Social-Cognitive Networks *The Dynamic Development of Behavior and Social-Cognitive Neural Systems *A Functional Appraisal of the Joint Attention Neural Network *Summary and Conclusions 8. The Genetics of Joint Attention and Joint Engagement *Joint Attention/Joint Engagement, Motivation, and Molecules *The Genetics of JAJE: An Overview *QTL Linkage and Joint Attention *Oxytocin and Vasopressin Pathways and Joint Attention *Animal Models of Joint Attention *Joint Attention, Gene Interactions, and Genetic Repurposing *Informing the Dimensional Approach to Autism References Index