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Description
The Neurophysiology Lab of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy investigates biobehavioral mechanisms in neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular focus on autism. By integrating multimodal neurophysiological methods, such as EEG and pupillometry, with clinical phenotyping, we examine interacting alterations across multiple levels: from neural dynamics, to behavior, to clinically rated symptoms. Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and interventional designs help us to identify how these processes interact and unfold over time. A specific focus in our work lies on attentional mechanisms, sensory processing, and the phenotypic structure of cognitive and behavioral profiles, targeting early and fundamental alterations that precede and shape symptom expression in neurodivergent children and youth. Together, we aim to provide an integrative framework that bridges brain mechanisms with clinically meaningful phenotypes in early neurodiversity.