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·April 11, 2017·5 min read

26 Novel Genes Linked to Intellectual Disability

Researchers have identified 26 new genes that are linked to intellectual disabilities.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·April 3, 2017·4 min read

Area of the Brain Affected by Autism Detected

Researchers report the anterior cingulate cortex, an area of the brain associated with empathy, activates very weakly in people with autism.

Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·April 1, 2017·4 min read

Children With Autism Find Understanding Facial Expressions Difficult But Make Similar Mistakes as Peers

According to researchers, while teens with ASD do have a difficult time recognizing emotion from facial expressions, the types of mistakes they make are similar to those of the same age without ASD.

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·March 30, 2017·3 min read

Prudence, Impatience and Laziness: Are These Contagious Personality Traits?

According to new research, people unconsciously mimic others' prudent, lazy or impatient attitudes.

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·March 22, 2017·5 min read

How Prenatal Maternal Infections May Affect Genetic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder

According to researchers, maternal immune activation during pregnancy can disrupt the expression of genes and processes associated with Autism.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·March 17, 2017·3 min read

Link Between Vitamin D Treatment and Autism Prevention

According to a new mouse study, exposure to vitamin D during pregnancy may prevent autistic traits in offspring.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 17, 2017·6 min read

The Genes and Neural Circuits Behind Autism’s Impaired Sociability

Researchers have identified genetic and neural networks that could contribute to impaired sociability in some forms of autism.

Autism Featured Genetics

·March 8, 2017·4 min read

Promising Lead That May Reduce Autism Symptoms

Researchers have identified a single protein that could be responsible for causing a number of behavioral symptoms as well as molecular and cellular abnormalities in Fragile X.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·March 7, 2017·4 min read

Pinpointing Sensory Links Between Autism and Synaesthesia

Researchers report both people with synaesthesia and those on the autism spectrum share similar heightened sensory sensitivity.

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Autism Featured Genetics Psychology

·March 7, 2017·4 min read

Study Tests ‘Three Hit’ Theory of Autism

A new study reports a genetic predisposition in combination with early life stress appear to be more detrimental to males over females and may produce the social avoidance often associated with autism spectrum disorders.

Autism Featured Genetics Psychology

·March 6, 2017·6 min read

World’s Largest Autism Genome Database Sheds Light on Many ‘Autisms”

A new study reports researchers have identified 18 new genes that appear in increase autism risk.

Autism Featured Psychology

·March 6, 2017·4 min read

Infant MRIs Show Autism Linked to Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid

Children diagnosed with autism at the age of two had substantially greater amounts of extra axial cerebrospinal fluid at 6 and 12 months. Additionally, the level of increased CSF at 6 months could be correlated with the severity of autism symptoms displayed at 2 years, a new study reports.