Autistic children may have to mute own perspective to grasp others’
To understand another person’s point of view, children with autism may need to actively suppress their own.
To understand another person’s point of view, children with autism may need to actively suppress their own.
Autism and schizophrenia co-occur significantly more often than would be expected by chance, according to an analysis of nearly 2 million people.
People with mutations in SHANK3 have milder features than do those missing a chunk of DNA that includes the gene.
Many people with fragile X syndrome show average rates of protein production, challenging a long-held assumption about the condition.
Children with autism typically have four or five other conditions, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, that can affect when they are diagnosed.
Neuroscientists are sounding the alarm about ‘pseudoreplication,’ a widespread practice that studs the literature with false results.
Women who take acetaminophen — commonly marketed as Tylenol in the United States — early in pregnancy may increase their daughters’ risk of language delay.
Infants who have neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition linked to autism, show motor difficulties and communication delays at 10 months of age.
Success in a small clinical trial of spinal muscular atrophy suggests gene therapy might treat single-gene conditions related to autism.
The same techniques that generate images of smoke, clouds and fantastic beasts in movies can render neurons and brain structures in fine-grained detail.