News tagged with autism spectrum
How Darwin's little-known work impacts current schizophrenia, autism treatment (w/ Video)
Historical research by Peter J. Snyder, PhD, reveals more of Charles Darwin's thinking when he completed what may be the first example of a prospective "single-blind" study of human perception of emotional ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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Language as a window into sociability
People with Williams syndrome-known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers-process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders-characterized by social withdrawal ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Researchers find empirical link between multisensory integration and autism
A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has provided concrete evidence that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as ...
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Aug 19, 2010 |
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Autism breakthrough: Researchers identify possible treatment for impaired sociability
Eastern Virginia Medical School researchers have identified a potential novel treatment strategy for the social impairment of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), an aspect of the condition that has a profound impact ...
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Dec 08, 2010 |
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Rett Syndrome scientist makes significant discovery
A paper published online today in Nature Neuroscience reveals the presence of methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) in glia. MeCP2 is a protein associated with a variety of neurological disorders, including Rett Syndrome, the mo ...
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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Newly discovered RNA steers brain development
How does the brain work? This question is one of the greatest scientific mysteries, and neurobiologists have only recently begun to piece together the molecular building blocks that enable human beings to be "thinking" animals.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Research adds to evidence that autism is a brain 'connectivity' disorder
Studying a rare disorder known as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), researchers at Children's Hospital Boston add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that autism spectrum disorders, which affect 25 to 50 percent of TSC ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2010 |
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Recovery from autism
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Connecticut expert says early intervention can help some children recover from autism.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Visual pattern preference may be indicator of autism in toddlers
Using eye-tracking methods, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that toddlers with autism spend significantly more time visually examining dynamic geometric ...
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Sep 06, 2010 |
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Study finds children with autism have mitochondrial dysfunction
Children with autism are far more likely to have deficits in their ability to produce cellular energy than are typically developing children, a new study by researchers at UC Davis has found. The study, published today in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Serotonin plays role in many autism cases, studies confirm
Mouse models are yielding important clues about the nature of autism spectrum disorders, which impact an estimated one in 110 children in the U.S. In labs at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Molecular findings: Researchers identify region on gene that causes complex syndrome
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have identified a gene that causes most of the features associated with brachydactyly mental retardation syndrome, a complex disorder involving ...
Aug 27, 2010 |
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First common genetic risk factors for autism demonstrated
UCLA scientists, in partnership with 30 research institutions across the country, have identified a new gene variant that is highly common in autistic children. And when researchers scrutinized the activity ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Naming may be key to brain's ability to recognize faces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why we are such experts at recognizing them, new research indicates. This approach can be learned and applied to other objects ...
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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Autism study finds visual processing 'hinders ability' to read body language
The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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