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Research articles covering work related to austism spectrum disorders are provided below.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2022·4 min read

Eye Test Could Screen Children for Autism

Measuring the pupillary light reflex could be used to screen for ASD in children, a new study reports.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 18, 2022·6 min read

Differences in Genetic Influences Among People All Along the Autism Spectrum

A series of new studies investigate how genetics affect the development and symptoms of autism.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 4, 2022·3 min read

Autistic People Are Better at Reading Emotions in Cartoons

When presented with drawings or cartoons of the eyes, people on the autism spectrum were better at naming the emotion conveyed than those with no diagnosis of ASD.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 2, 2022·4 min read

Research on Recognizing Facial Emotion Expressions Could Change Our Understanding of Autism

Autism-associated social difficulties may reflect differences that only become apparent in high-pressure scenarios and certain social interactions. The findings challenge the belief that those with ASD can't adequately read facial emotional expressions.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 1, 2022·5 min read

A New Learning Method Could Help People With Autism Improve Visual Perception Capabilities

A newly proposed learning method for those on the autism spectrum accelerates the learning process and can help to improve visual perception.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 19, 2022·3 min read

Autism-Related Mutations Inhibit Export of Key Protein From Endoplasmic Reticulum

Study finds an autism-related genetic mutation increases splicing errors and induces endoplasmic reticulum stress by activating the unfolded protein response.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·July 18, 2022·4 min read

The Brains of Children With Autism May Not Always ‘See’ Body Language

Children on the autism spectrum may not always process bodily movements correctly, especially if they are distracted by something else.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 1, 2022·6 min read

When ASD Occurs With Intellectual Disability, a Convergent Mechanism for Two Top-Ranking Risk Genes May Be the Cause

Mutations in the ASD/intellectual disability genes ADNP and POGZ result in abnormal activation and overexpression of immune response genes and genes for microglia. This results in abnormal brain synaptic function, characteristic of ASD and ID.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 23, 2022·4 min read

Researchers Discover Solutions to Gender Bias in Autism Diagnoses

Study reports girls and boys show similar rates of concern for ASD and identifies several biases contributing to the inflated sex ratio for autism diagnosis. The findings could help with the early identification of girls on the autism spectrum.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 23, 2022·7 min read

A Mother’s Blood May Carry the Secret to One Type of Autism

Maternal autoantibody–related autism spectrum disorder (MAR ASD) is marked by specific maternal antibodies that react to certain proteins in the fetal brain. Examining the plasma of expecting mothers, researchers found mothers with reactivity to one of the nine MAR ASD patterns were eight times as likely to have a child diagnosed with autism.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 19, 2022·4 min read

AI Detects Autism Speech Patterns Across Different Languages

Machine learning algorithms help researchers identify speech patterns in children on the autism spectrum that are consistent between different languages.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 17, 2022·7 min read

Artificial Neural Networks Model Facial Processing in Autism

Artificial intelligence helps shed new light on why many with autism have a difficult time when it comes to processing emotions via facial expressions.

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Autism

Eye Test Could Screen Children for Autism

Differences in Genetic Influences Among People All Along the Autism Spectrum

Autistic People Are Better at Reading Emotions in Cartoons

Research on Recognizing Facial Emotion Expressions Could Change Our Understanding of Autism

A New Learning Method Could Help People With Autism Improve Visual Perception Capabilities

Autism-Related Mutations Inhibit Export of Key Protein From Endoplasmic Reticulum

The Brains of Children With Autism May Not Always ‘See’ Body Language

When ASD Occurs With Intellectual Disability, a Convergent Mechanism for Two Top-Ranking Risk Genes May Be the Cause

Researchers Discover Solutions to Gender Bias in Autism Diagnoses

A Mother’s Blood May Carry the Secret to One Type of Autism

AI Detects Autism Speech Patterns Across Different Languages

Artificial Neural Networks Model Facial Processing in Autism

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