People with autism often experience hypersensitivity to noise and other sensory input. MIT neuroscientists have now identified two brain circuits…
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Bigger cities boost ‘social crimes’
As cities grow in size, crime grows even faster. But while certain types of crime — car theft and robbery,…
Real-time fMRI treats Tourette Syndrome
Characterized by repetitive movements or vocalizations known as tics, Tourette Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that plagues many adolescents. A…
Meet the alpacas that could cure autism, Alzheimer’s and cancer
Alpacas aren’t the typical animals that drivers spot as they wind their way through rural Tennessee, but there’s a happy…
Scholars weigh in on new ideas about autism: Authors of provocative paper about social engagement reply to commentaries
A new paper that challenges widely held ideas about autism has attracted comments from more than 30 scholars across the…
Researchers are using machine learning to screen for autism in children
For more than five years, researchers from Duke Engineering and the Duke University School of Medicine have been working toward…
Autism health challenges could be explained by problem behaviors
For years, researchers have documented both gastrointestinal issues and problematic behaviors, such as aggression, in many children with autism spectrum…
Researchers call for the term ‘high functioning autism’ to be consigned to history
Autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute have called for the term “high functioning autism” to be abandoned because of…
‘Implicit measures’ better assess vocabulary for those with autism than standard tests
Tests that assess vocabulary among individuals with the severest forms of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, are notoriously inaccurate. Conventional…
Brain changes in autism traced to specific cell types: Study of human brains links gene activity to disorder’s severity, flagging targets for future therapies
Changes in gene activity in specific brain cells are associated with the severity of autism in children and young adults…