Enhanced visual search abilities may identify autism at age 9 months...
Even before the onset of clinical symptoms, “superior perception” is present in children who have autism – as early as 9 months old....
read moreSensorimotor regions become over connected in children with autism...
Scientists have discovered that in children and adolescents with ASD, the connections between the cerebellum and cerebral cortex are overdeveloped in the sensorimotor regions of the brain....
read moreBrain imaging shows language development difference in kids with autism...
A study of infants and toddlers found that differences in their brains can tell who will develop along the autism spectrum with poor language abilities and who won’t....
read moreAutism genes activate during development of fetal brain
New research indicates that mutations that cause autism are connected to a pathway that regulates brain development....
read moreAbandoned children at risk of autism
A new study suggests that children raised in institutions have an increased risk of developing symptoms similar to those seen in autism....
read moreDeclarative memory compensates for dyslexia, autism & SLI...
People with any of five neurodevelopmental disorders—OCD, autism, Tourette’s, dyslexia and Specific Language Impairment—rely on declarative memory to compensate for dysfunctions....
read moreImaging test for ASD in development
Scientists at Virginia Tech Carilion Research are developing a two-minute brain-imaging test that might be able to diagnose children with autism spectrum disorder....
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