NATIONAL CENTER OF COMPETENCE IN RESEARCH SYNAPSY IMAGE: KNOWN AS MICROSTATES, THESE CAN BE REPRESENTED BY ABCDE BRAIN ACTIVITY MAPS, VISIBLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPH. THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR AND THE DYNAMICS OF STATE B ARE AFFECTED IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) COMPARED TO CHILDREN OF THE SAME AGE...
by University of Geneva Example of ‘skeleton’ extraction using OpenPose on an image extracted from the recording of a social scene: (A) OpenPose keypoints overlaid on the video recording (B). OpenPose keypoints over a black background, preserving the bare minimum of scene features necessary to identify the social interaction. Credit: Kojovic, Natraj, Mohanty, Maillart, Schaer Individuals...
by Curtin University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Mothers of children with autism who delayed their subsequent pregnancy by 2.5 to three years reduced the likelihood of their next child also being diagnosed on the spectrum, new research shows. The Curtin University research in collaboration with the Telethon Kids Institute, published in Autism Research, investigated more than 925,000...
by University of Cambridge Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research led by the University of Cambridge suggests that autism can be detected at 18-30 months using the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT), but it is not possible to identify every child at a young age who will later be diagnosed as autistic. The results are published...
KOBE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A: Illustration of the experiment. Green fluorescent proteins were introduced so that the target gene and the entire neuron could be observed. B: Each target gene was separately introduced into the cerebral cortex and dendritic spine dynamics were tracked for a period of 2 days (on the 21st and 22nd days after...
by University of Canterbury Associate Professor Laurie McLay. Credit: University of Canterbury A University of Canterbury (UC) study has found that a reduction in sleep problems for children on the autism spectrum vastly improves those children’s behavior and their parent’s wellbeing. The study’s lead author Associate Professor Laurie McLay says the association between sleep and behavioral...
by Stony Brook University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An electroencephalogram (EEG) study of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identified a neural signal that may help explain the variation of how those with ASD perceive or understand the mental states of others (called “Theory of Mind”). Led by Matthew Lerner, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, the...
by James Cook University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have been investigating an intriguing theory that links autism to having an ‘extreme male brain’ – but have found it is not that simple. James Cook University researcher Dr. Liza van Eijk conducted the study, in collaboration with Associate Professor Brendan Zietsch at The University of Queensland....
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IMAGE: CORONAL SECTION OF A MOUSE BRAIN, WITH SEVERAL MAJOR AXONAL TRACTS STAINED IN GREEN. IMAGE COURTESY OF DR. AHLEM ASSALI. CREDIT: DR. AHLEM ASSALI, MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA After reviewing a database of gene mutations in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a team of Medical University of...
by Rush University Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Typically, babies babble and toddlers chatter. But a child with autism spectrum disorder may lack these—and other—communication skills. Allie Wainer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who specializes in autism spectrum disorder at Rush’s Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment and Services (AARTS) Center, notes that signs of autism can be observed in the first...
