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Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorders: A paradigmatic self-organized perspective of network structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Lucio Tonello ,
Luca Giacobbi ,
Alberto Pettenon ,
Alessandro Scuotto ,
Massimo Cocchi ,
Fabio Gabrielli  and
Glenda Cappello
Lucio Tonello
Affiliation:
“Ca'Leido” Autism Center, 61-31030 Altivole (TV), Italy. luciotonello@gmail.comluca.giacobbi@ca-leido.italberto.pettenon@ca-leido.italessandro.scuotto@tin.itwww.ca-leido.it Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Techniczno-Ekonomiczna (PWSTE), 37-500 Jarosław, Poland. fabio.gabrielli@pwste.edu.plglenda.cappello@pwste.edu.plwww.pwste.edu.pl
Luca Giacobbi
Affiliation:
“Ca'Leido” Autism Center, 61-31030 Altivole (TV), Italy. luciotonello@gmail.comluca.giacobbi@ca-leido.italberto.pettenon@ca-leido.italessandro.scuotto@tin.itwww.ca-leido.it
Alberto Pettenon
Affiliation:
“Ca'Leido” Autism Center, 61-31030 Altivole (TV), Italy. luciotonello@gmail.comluca.giacobbi@ca-leido.italberto.pettenon@ca-leido.italessandro.scuotto@tin.itwww.ca-leido.it
Alessandro Scuotto
Affiliation:
“Ca'Leido” Autism Center, 61-31030 Altivole (TV), Italy. luciotonello@gmail.comluca.giacobbi@ca-leido.italberto.pettenon@ca-leido.italessandro.scuotto@tin.itwww.ca-leido.it
Massimo Cocchi
Affiliation:
Scuola di Agraria e Medicina Veterinaria, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, 40064 Bologna (BO), Italy. massimo.cocchi@unibo.it
Fabio Gabrielli
Affiliation:
Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Techniczno-Ekonomiczna (PWSTE), 37-500 Jarosław, Poland. fabio.gabrielli@pwste.edu.plglenda.cappello@pwste.edu.plwww.pwste.edu.pl
Glenda Cappello
Affiliation:
“Ca'Leido” Autism Center, 61-31030 Altivole (TV), Italy. luciotonello@gmail.comluca.giacobbi@ca-leido.italberto.pettenon@ca-leido.italessandro.scuotto@tin.itwww.ca-leido.it Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Techniczno-Ekonomiczna (PWSTE), 37-500 Jarosław, Poland. fabio.gabrielli@pwste.edu.plglenda.cappello@pwste.edu.plwww.pwste.edu.pl
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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) subjects can present temporary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness, named problem behaviors. They have been shown to be consistent with the self-organized criticality (SOC), a model wherein occasionally occurring “catastrophic events” are necessary in order to maintain a self-organized “critical equilibrium.” The SOC can represent the psychopathology network structures and additionally suggests that they can be considered as self-organized systems.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e28
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