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 ...

A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry reveals that the biological underpinnings of autism and ADHD may transcend traditional diagnostic boundaries. While there is increasing appreciation that ...

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 ...

Using machine learning, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism. Their study, ...

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 ...

The brains of people diagnosed with autism are 'uniquely synchronised', a new study has found. Scientists discovered the degree of connection between the different areas of the brain in those with ...

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 ...

Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cells, generating energy for various cellular functions Scientists have suggested a possible link between variations in mitochondrial DNA and autism The theory ...

Toddlers with autism show different blink patterns than other children, a finding that researchers say may provide a clue to the way people with autism process what they see. Blinking is largely an ...

The presence of speech patterns in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), commonly called autism, is linked to problems in social communication and social interaction that define ASD. These ...