Scientists are creating an app that examines these walking patterns to predict a child’s likelihood of having autism.

New research challenges long-standing beliefs about how the human brain interprets body parts and intentions in those with ...

Early sensory experiences shape later behavior, possibly influencing autism symptoms before social traits emerge.

In children with anorexia nervosa or other restrictive eating disorders, changes in the brain’s outer layer don’t seem to be ...

When children receive early autism intervention and consistent access to effective therapies, their ability to adapt and ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication ...

When we think of autism, we might think about younger people. Autism wasn’t formally recognized as a diagnosable condition ...

Groundbreaking new research from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation has pinpointed four distinct subtypes of ...

New research provides a potential brain-based explanation for social touch aversion in some forms of autism. A study published in Nature Communications finds that in a mouse model of Fragile X ...

Predicting autism could be possible through brain wave patterns, study shows. The study looked at infants and toddlers, aged 3 months to 3 years.

A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...

Source: Released under the GFDL by en:User:TheBrain on 20 May 2003 For my first few posts on Psychology Today, I wanted to give an overview of the most popular theories about the brain basis of ...