From the University of California – Santa Cruz press release: Every time we look at a face, we take in a flood of information effortlessly: age, gender, race, expression, the direction of our subject’s gaze,…
From the University of Kent press release: New research shows for the first time that adults with autism can recognise complex emotions such as regret and relief in others as easily as those without the…
From the Elsevier press release: At the time when autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be first reliably diagnosed, toddlers affected by ASD are already displaying emotional vulnerabilities potentially foreshadowing the emergence of co-morbid affective and…
From the University of Montreal press release: Engaging in musical activities such as singing and playing instruments in one-on-one therapy can improve autistic children’s social communication skills, improve their family’s quality of life, as well…
From the University of Kent press release: A new study shows that the ability to distinguish truth from lies is diminished in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — putting them at greater risk of…
From the University of California – Davis Health System press release: In a striking new finding, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the…
From the Ghent University press release: Previously, research has shown that children at risk of an autism diagnosis respond less to hearing their own name. Now, a new study from the research group EXPLORA of…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Pick a hand, any hand. That familiar refrain, repeated in schoolyards the world over, is the basis of a simple guessing game that was recently adapted…
From the Picower Institute at MIT press release: We categorize pretty much everything we see, and remarkably, we often achieve that feat whether the items look patently similar — like Fuji and McIntosh apples — or…
From the McGill University press release: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often have a hard time switching gears from one task to another. But being bilingual may actually make it a bit easier for…