MIND CHILD – Nico Bast's lab

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  • Nico Bast elected to executive board of WGAS

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    Nico Bast has been elected by the German Society of Autism Research to the executive board as 2nd deputy president. This election was part of the renewal of the executive board for the new election period of 2026-2030. The election took part during the annual congress for Autism Research 2026 in Heidelberg

  • paper on sensory processing and arousal regulation published

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    We justed published our latest article on the EU-AIMS LEAP data set on different sensory processing in autistic individuals, which might be explained by an increased arousal regulation: Bast, N., Ahmad, J., Mason, L. et al. Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography…

  • Website launch

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    “hey, we have a webpage!” Nico B.

  • LOCUS-MENTAL is funded

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    Here is the original press release on receiving funding for the research group. Here is a AI-translation to Englisch: The research project LOCUS-MENTAL aims to determine whether part of the risk for mental illnesses can be predicted by measuring the pupil responses in toddlers. Young children and schoolchildren with an increased risk could then be…