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Study shows smartphone app can identify autism symptoms in toddlers
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Study shows smartphone app can identify autism symptoms in toddlers

by  Duke University Medical Center Credit: Shawn Rocco, Duke University Medical Center A digital app successfully detected one of the telltale characteristics of autism in young children, suggesting the technology could one day become an inexpensive and scalable early screening tool, researchers at Duke University report. The research team created the app to assess the eye gaze patterns...

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Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Identical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differences in symptom severity even though they share the same DNA, according to an analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings suggest that identifying the causes of this variability may...