Posts Tagged ‘autism’
Autism: Kids prefer solo, not social, screen time
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS / U. MISSOURI (US) — Children with autism tend to spend their “screen time” alone, as opposed to using social media. Continue…
Thursday, January 26, 2012 13:06 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 20, 2012 13:36 - 0 Comments
Low birth weight linked to autism risk
NORTHWESTERN (US) — In a study of twins, lower birth weight more than tripled the risk for autism spectrum disorder in identical pairs, in which one twin had symptoms of the disorder and the other did not. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2011 12:49 - 0 Comments
Imitation allows autistic kids to connect
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Young children with autism who are taught imitation skills make more attempts to draw attention to an object through gestures and eye contact, an ability often missing with autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2011 11:41 - 7 Comments
Some autistic boys have bigger brains
UC DAVIS (US) — Preschool boys with regressive autism—but not those with early onset autism—have larger brains than healthy boys their age, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 29, 2011 11:10 - 2 Comments
People who meditate tune out daydreams
YALE (US) — People who are experienced meditators seem to switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming—and with psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 28, 2011 11:52 - 9 Comments
Teens with autism often socially isolated
WASHINGTON U.-ST.LOUIS (US) — Teens with autism face major obstacles to social life outside of school, according to a new study that emphasizes the danger of limited peer relationships and the importance of group activities. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 26, 2011 10:32 - 1 Comment
Mom’s antibody attack linked to autism
UC DAVIS (US) — Pregnant women with a particular gene variation are more likely to produce antibodies that may injure the brains of developing fetuses—increasing the risk their children will develop autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 9:37 - 3 Comments
Left-right brain ‘talk’ despite broken link
CALTECH (US) — People who are born without a link between the brain’s left and right hemispheres still show surprisingly normal communication across the gap. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 20, 2011 14:30 - 3 Comments
Kids with autism have distinct facial traits
U. MISSOURI (US) — The discovery of distinct differences in facial characteristics of children with autism compared to typically developing children may help pinpoint the origins of autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 17, 2011 10:57 - 2 Comments
With autism, social stature’s not an issue
CALTECH (US) — High-functioning people with autism think differently about how others think of them—in fact they don’t consider what others think about them at all. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 13:29 - 0 Comments
‘Cartoon’ maps brain’s tangle of synapses
CALTECH (US) — Biologists have come up with a visual way to tease apart the elusive details of the network that regulates the brain’s synapses. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 13, 2011 10:08 - 0 Comments
Mouse mirrors severe form of autism
U. BUFFALO (US) — The first transgenic mouse model of a rare and severe type of autism is expected to improve understanding of the disorder and help researchers design more targeted treatments. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2011 12:31 - 1 Comment
Autism: High risk for younger siblings
UC DAVIS (US) — The risk that an infant with an older sibling with autism also will develop the disorder, previously estimated at between 3 and 10 percent, is substantially higher at approximately 19 percent, a large, international study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2011 8:41 - 0 Comments
Monkeys grasp sense of ‘me’
U. BUFFALO (US) — Monkeys possess enough self-awareness to recognize that their actions can cause certain outcomes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 6, 2011 15:17 - 0 Comments
Software maps brain’s nerve bundles
BROWN U. (US) — Combining visual clarity with a Web-based digital map interface, computer scientists have created 2-dimensional software to examine neural connections in the human brain. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 10, 2011 13:14 - 5 Comments
Higher autism risk for March conception
UC DAVIS (US) — Birth records of more than 6 million children born in California during the 1990s and early 2000s show a clear link between the month of conception and autism risk. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 4, 2011 13:47 - 0 Comments
Bigger brains by age 2 in autism
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Increased brain growth seen in children with autism occurs before the second birthday, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 23, 2011 13:29 - 0 Comments
Parents vital to toddler autism therapy
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Young children show better communication skills after receiving a parent-guided autism treatment than those receiving community-based treatments. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 2, 2011 17:17 - 0 Comments
Protein oversees junctures in brain
UC DAVIS (US) — An immune system molecule is able to regulate the number of connections between nerve cells in the brain possibly altering early development. (more…)
