Interactive test aims to capture social aspects of gaze
People with autism show atypical patterns of gaze even when they are explicitly asked to look at another person’s eyes.
People with autism show atypical patterns of gaze even when they are explicitly asked to look at another person’s eyes.
Individuals with autism have trouble reading social cues because their brains connect sights and sounds over unusually long periods of time.
Watch the complete replay of Rebecca Saxe discussing methods for analyzing brain activity during social interactions, and their application in autism research.
Childhood disintegrative disorder, a rare and severe condition, rapidly melts away a child’s abilities. A new theory proposes that this little-known condition turns back the developmental clock.
On Cayo Santiago island, scientists track the alliances and power struggles of a colony of feral monkeys — collecting data to generate new insights into the social challenges that people with autism face.
Children with autism tend to mix up personal pronouns when their language skills outpace their social awareness.
As children with autism grow into adults, the challenge is in measuring the skills that matter most in their daily lives.
Following another person’s gaze is a task distinct from recognizing and reading faces.
Researchers are creating guidelines that would help doctors choose and customize autism treatments.
A new study is the first rigorous test of a controversial idea: that the everyday interactions between caregiver and child can shape the course of autism.