"Face recognition is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it," says Beijing Normal University cognitive psychologist Jia Liu...
Face Recognition Research May Aid Therapies For Prosopagnosia And Autism
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT
The Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry is accepting participants in two clinical studies focused on interventional programs for autism.
Autism Studies at Riley Hospital for Children Accepting Participants
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:58:31 GMT
Every dollar donated to the Recipe4Hope campaign will go directly to fund pre- and post-doctoral autism research fellowships to expand our understanding about what causes autism and to develop better treatments.
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Autism Science Foundation “Recipe4Hope” Campaign Will Raise Funds for Pre- and Post-Doctoral Autism Research Fellowships
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:06:39 GMT
Conclusions emerge from presentations by Israeli and foreign scientists at a conference on the relationship between pollution and children's health problems.
Pollution plays a role in autism and dyslexia, say Israeli and foreign scientists
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:25:37 GMT
Kids with autism fare significantly better socially when their typically developing classmates are taught how to interact with them, new research suggests.
Autism Therapy More Successful When Peers Involved Too
Shaun Heasley
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:24:17 GMT
In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, a study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers has found that 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains than their healthy counterparts. The study is published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition...
Brain Enlargement Seen In Boys With Regressive Autism, But Not Early Onset Autism
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT
Although many mental illnesses are uniquely human, animals sometimes exhibit abnormal behaviors similar to those seen in humans with psychological disorders. Such behaviors are called endophenotypes...
Missing Synapse Protein Linked To Abnormal Behaviors
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT
Neuroscientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have homed in on potential differences in autistic people's brain cells by studying brainlike spheres grown in an elaborate process from skin cells...
Defect In Brain Cell Channel Identified That May Cause Autism-Like Syndrome
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT
Although several disorders with autism-like symptoms, such as the rare Fragile X syndrome can be traced to a single specific mutation, the majority of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) incidents, however, are caused by several genetic mutations. MIT neuroscientist, Mark Bear, discovered a few years ago that this mutation results in an overproduction of proteins found in brain synapses...
Two Opposing Brain Malfunctions Cause Two Autism-related Disorders
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT
Autism gets more and more common as the years go by. Whereas in the 1990s around one child in 2,000 was diagnosed, by 2006 this had risen to one in 110.
Uncovering the mystery of the rise and rise of autism
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:16:38 GMT
Research just released shows that scientists are finding new tools to help understand neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and fragile X syndrome. These studies show in new detail how the brain's connections, chemicals, and genes interact to affect behavior...
How Brain's Structure And Genes Affect Autism And Fragile X Syndrome
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT
A new treatment can help nonverbal children with autism to develop speech, according to a proof-of-concept study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)...
Novel Therapy Helps Nonverbal Children With Autism To Say First Words
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT
A new study published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry suggests that the current gold standard of "best-estimate clinical diagnoses" for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders may not be the best method of diagnosis...
Diagnosing Autism Varies From Clinic To Clinic
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT
Research released today shows that scientists are finding new tools to help understand neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and fragile X syndrome.
Research provides clues to neurodevelopemental disorders
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:02:59 GMT
As scientists strive to find what's behind a spike in autism, especially in boys, a new study has raised the possibility that antidepressants taken by their mother may be one of the culprits, a finding that has set off fear and concern among women and their doctors.
Do antidepressants during pregnancy cause autism?
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:08:50 GMT
Children with autism appear to have significantly more brain cells than their typically developing peers, offering evidence that the developmental disorder originates prenatally.
Autism Forms In The Womb, New Study Suggests
Michelle Diament
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:04:12 GMT
