Fight Science #3: Promoting Executive Functioning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Mixed Martial Arts Training.

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each episode will include practical advice you can implement based on the research. This is part of our commitment to bridge the gap between research and practice.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our third paper is:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phung, J. N., &amp; Goldberg, W. A. (2019). Promoting Executive Functioning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Mixed Martial Arts Training. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi:10.1007/s10803-019-04072-3</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Georgia speaks with Dr Janice Phung. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janice is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University San Marcos. Her research focuses on well-being outcomes for youth on the Autism Spectrum.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To follow Janice's work on Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/csusm_afclab/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@csusm_afclab</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To contact Janice: </span><a href="https://www.csusm.edu/profiles/index.html?u=jphung"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.csusm.edu/profiles/index.html?u=jphung</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please contact Janice if you'd like to read the full paper as it is not open access.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can read another related paper by Janice here:&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946721000337"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946721000337</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><br><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To get involved with