Spectrum: Autism Research News

People with autism show atypical patterns of gaze even when they are explicitly asked to look at another person’s eyes.

A half-hour-long ‘playdate’ between a toddler and an adult could help answer a long-standing question about the social deficits that accompany autism.

Two mouse models of autism have distinct patterns of brain connectivity that emerge at different times.

Children with autism may be so consumed by their interests that they don’t pay attention to social information.

High levels of chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls in a pregnant woman’s blood may raise the risk of autism in her child.

The brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, may provide clues to features of autism as disparate as personal relationships and decision-making.

The first large population-based analysis of the prevalence of regression in autism reveals that it occurs in 20 percent of children with autism.

Pregnant women with elevated levels of certain immune molecules are at increased risk of having a child with both autism and intellectual disability.

Brains from people with autism show patterns of gene expression similar to those from people with schizophrenia.

Some children are highly sensitive to sound, sight or touch, whereas others seem almost numb. Exploring the differences may offer insights into autism.