UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD): ETHOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT


November 13-17, 2025
Erice, Sicily, ITALY


Workshop Organizers

Conference goals

Costanza Colombi (Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy)
Paola Palanza (Università di Parma)
Stefano Parmigiani (Università di Parma)
Martin Brüne (Ruhr-University Bochum)

Speakers & Topics

Martin Brüne

Evolutionary Hypotheses of Autism

Sara Calderoni

Cerebral Correlates of Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Costanza Colombi

Early Identification and Intervention for Prodromes of Autism Spectrum Disorder during the First Year of Life

Pier Francesco Ferrari

Effects of Early Experiences on Neurodevelopment in Human and Non-Human Primates

Simona Fiori

Fetal Markers of Brain Abnormalities

Michael Lombardo

Decomposing Heterogeneity in the AUTISMS

Valentina Riva

Individual variability and developmental trajectories in infant siblings of autistic children during the first years of life

Annie Swanepoel

An evolutionary perspective on child development and autism

Matteo Tonna

Continuities and Discontinuities between Autism and Schizophrenia: an Evolutionary and Developmental Perspective

Giacomo Vivanti

Autism, Cognitive Development and Early Intervention: A Neuroconstructivist Approach