Oct 5, 2007 *
Autism Symptoms Shown To Improve Into Adulthood
Hallmarks of
autism are characteristic behaviors --
repetitive motions, problems interacting with
others, impaired communication abilities -- that
occur in widely different combinations and
degrees of severity among those who have the
condition.
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19
Aug 2007 * New Research
Discovers Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Are Not Susceptible To Contagious Yawning
New research by
Birkbeck researcher Dr Atsushi Senju, in the
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development has
shown for the first time that children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder are not susceptible to
contagious yawning. Autism Spectrum Disorder is
a developmental disability that severely affects
social interaction and communication including
empathy. Contagious yawning is when yawning is
triggered by perceiving others' yawns and is
thought to share similar cognitive and neural
mechanisms as empathy.
03
Aug 2007*
In Autism, Link Found
Between Increased White Matter And Poor Motor
Skills In Children
A study
published in the August issue of the journal
Brain demonstrates, for the first
time, an association between increased white
matter volume and functional impairment in
children with autism. Findings from
researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute
in Baltimore, Md. reveal that in children
with autism, increased white matter volume
in the motor region of the brain predicts
poorer motor skills. Conversely, in
typically developing children, increased
white matter volume predicts improved motor
skills, with a similar association observed
in children with attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The
relationship between increased white matter
volume and functional impairment, which
appears to be specific to autism, may be
representative of global patterns of brain
abnormality in autism that not only
contribute to motor dysfunction, but also to
deficits in socialization and communication
that define the disorder.
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