News tagged with autistics
Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids
(AP) -- Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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What songbirds can teach us about the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Sarah Woolley does research on males who mate for life and help out around the home. If you asked where these creatures can be found, she might direct your attention outdoors.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Neuroscientists find evidence that autistic patients have trouble understanding others' intentions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study from MIT neuroscientists reveals that high-functioning autistic adults appear to have trouble using theory of mind to make moral judgments in certain situations.
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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IQ scores fail to predict academic performance in children with autism
New data show that many children with autism spectrum disorders have greater academic abilities than previously thought. In a study by researchers at the University of Washington, 90 percent of high-functioning children with ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Study finds evidence of gender bias toward diagnosing boys with autism
Social factors can play a key role in whether or not a child is diagnosed as autistic, a new study has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Mental introspection increases as brain areas begin to act in sync
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers toward the egocentric rather than the introspective.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Study shows that dogs help autistic children adapt
Dogs may not only be man's best friend, they may also have a special role in the lives of children with special needs. According to a new University of Montreal study, specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Justices weigh lawsuits over vaccine side effects (Update)
(AP) -- The Supreme Court is trying to sort out whether drug companies can be sued for claims of serious side effects from childhood vaccines without driving vaccine makers from the market and risking a public ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 12, 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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DNA scan for familial autism finds variants that disrupt gene activity in autistic kids
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's largest DNA scan for familial autism has uncovered new genetic changes in autistic children that are often not present in their parents. Identified in less than 1 percent of the population, these ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Questions remain over existence of 'new syndrome' in autistic children
This week, the BMJ questions the existence of a new bowel condition in autistic children dubbed "autistic enterocolitis" by Dr Andrew Wakefield and colleagues in a now infamous and recently retracted paper published by the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Dual approach gives a more accurate picture of the autistic brain
A new study, the first of its kind, combines two complementary analytical brain imaging techniques, to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of the neuroanatomy of the autistic brain. The study, published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Children with autistic traits remain undiagnosed
There has been a major increase in the incidence of autism over the last twenty years. While people have differing opinions as to why this is (environment, vaccines, mother's age, better diagnostic practice, more awareness ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
(AP) -- A federal court has ruled that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 12, 2010 |
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A possible early glimpse of autism's impact on older siblings
A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience ...
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Mar 08, 2010 |
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