Impaired social function is a cardinal symptom of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). One of the brain circuits that enable us to relate to other people is the "mirror neuron" system. This brain circuit is activated when we ...
Mar 2, 2012
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The challenges in providing psychotherapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who also are struggling with their gender identity are explored in two case studies of high-functioning persons with diagnoses ...
Dec 2, 2014
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A new study shows significant evidence that a common drug used to treat type2 diabetes - metformin - is also effective in helping overweight children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who take antipsychotic ...
Aug 24, 2016
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A study to be published in the April 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that eye tracking can differentiate children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from ...
Mar 31, 2016
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An autism diagnosis can present a number of challenges for families from learning about the neurodevelopment disorder and accessing support services and resources to financial struggles. A new report from the A.J. Drexel ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Mice genetically modified to model autism spectrum disorders (ASD) cause changes in the behavior of their unmodified littermates when housed together. The findings, published in eNeuro, show how social environment shapes ...
Jul 31, 2017
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Assistive learning software to help autistic children recognise emotions from facial expressions recently won a UniServices prize in the annual Spark Ideas Challenge.
Jul 5, 2013
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Genetic studies have linked a number of risk genes to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although the complex genetics underlying ASD likely involve interactions between many genes, some risk genes are singular drivers of autism-like ...
Apr 17, 2017
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New research from the University of Utah in collaboration with the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) shows that the presence or absence of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) varies with risk factors ...
Sep 19, 2011
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A study based at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that the local functional connectivity of the brain – the extent to which the activity of within a small brain region ...
Jan 14, 2013
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