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Early Brain Responses to Words Predict Developmental Outcomes in Children With Autism
May 29, 2013 — The pattern of brain responses to words in 2-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder predicted the youngsters' linguistic, cognitive and adaptive skills at ages 4 and 6, according to a new ... > full story -
How Do We Locate the Spatial Position of Sounds? Mechanism Responsible for Creation of Giant Synapses Discovered
May 27, 2013 — Humans and most mammals can determine the spatial origin of sounds with remarkable acuity. To accomplish this small daily miracle, the brain has developed a circuit that's rapid enough to detect the ... > full story -
Premature Birth Interrupts Vital Brain Development Processes Leading to Reduced Cognitive Abilities in Infants
May 20, 2013 — Researchers have for the first time used a novel form of MRI to identify crucial developmental processes in the brain that are vulnerable to the effects of premature birth. This new study shows that ... > full story -
Autism: Sensory-Motor or Environmental Enrichment May Be Promising Approach
May 18, 2013 — In the first successful experiment with humans using a treatment known as sensory-motor or environmental enrichment, researchers documented marked improvement in young autistic boys when compared to ... > full story -
Brain Frontal Lobes Not Sole Center of Human Intelligence, Comparative Research Suggests
May 13, 2013 — Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, say researchers. Research into the comparative size of the frontal lobes in humans and other species has determined ... > full story -
Enhanced Motion Perception in Autism May Point to an Underlying Cause of the Disorder
May 8, 2013 — Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to a fundamental cause of the developmental disorder, ... > full story -
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Childhood Disability Rate Jumps 16 Percent Over Past Decade
May 5, 2013 — More children today have a disability than a decade ago, and the greatest increase is among kids in higher-income families, according to a new ... > full story -
Turning Human Stem Cells Into Brain Cells Sheds Light on Neural Development
May 2, 2013 — Medical researchers have manipulated human stem cells into producing types of brain cells known to play important roles in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and autism. The ... > full story -
Bigger Birth Weight Babies at Greater Risk of Autism
May 2, 2013 — The biggest study of fetal growth and autism to date has reported that babies whose growth is at either extreme in the womb, either very big or very small, are at greater risk of developing ... > full story -
Social Isolation of Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Examined
May 1, 2013 — Young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to be socially isolated. That’s the finding of new research that studies the social outcomes of young adults with an ... > full story
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