Researchers from Jülich, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, and the UK have discovered specific activity patterns in the brains of people with autism. These consistent patterns of functional ...

Using eye-tracking methods, researchers have shown that toddlers with autism spend significantly more time visually examining dynamic geometric patterns than they do looking at social images -- a ...

Scientists have identified a distinct brain connectivity pattern in 6-week-old infants who are more likely to develop autism. The discovery offers exciting insights into the neurological development ...

A study of individuals with autism and their siblings and parents found that autistic individuals and their siblings used ...

September 7, 2010 — A preference for viewing geometric patterns may be an early indicator of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children as young as 14 months, suggests a new prospective study. In ...

The study looked at infants and toddlers, aged 3 months to 3 years. Can a baby’s brain waves predict the chance of autism? New research that looked at brain wave patterns of babies and toddlers showed ...

In one of the largest studies to date, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain activity in children and determined 33 specific patterns that could ...

Parents can find out sooner — and in their own homes — if their children are at risk for autism, says a Boulder-based not-for-profit organization that has created a new screening tool. The Lena ...

Eyes may be the key to the soul, but the act of opening and closing them -- and the rate at which children do it -- may provide clues to the mind. According to a new study, "blinking patterns" might ...

Plus, all the signs and symptoms of autism in children - from the way they speak to how they use their hands A QUICK hand test could help spot autism in children, experts say. Scientists noticed small ...