Tag: autism

Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism

From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and those… Read more »

Oxytocin administered to the nose increases emotion perception in autism

From the University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine press release: A recent study has demonstrated that intranasal oxytocin can influence how individuals with autism perceive emotion in others. This is an… Read more »

Facial expressions: How brains process emotion

From the California Institute of Technology press release: Have you ever thought someone was angry at you, but it turned out you were just misreading their facial expression? Caltech researchers… Read more »

Speech and language deficits in children with autism may not cause tantrums

From the Penn State press release: Speech or language impairments may not be the cause of more frequent tantrums in children with autism, according to Penn State College of Medicine… Read more »

Study looks at influence of paternal age at conception on social development in offspring

From the Elsevier press release: The age of the father at the time his children are born may influence their social development, suggests a study published in the May 2017… Read more »

Imbalances in neural pathways may contribute to repetitive behaviors in autism

From the JCI Journals press release: Genetic studies have linked a number of risk genes to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although the complex genetics underlying ASD likely involve interactions between… Read more »

Children with autism find understanding facial expressions difficult but make similar mistakes as peers

From the University of Bristol press release: Young people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have difficulties recognising and distinguishing between different facial expressions, according to research from one of the… Read more »