Females find same-sex social interactions to be more rewarding than males, and females are more sensitive to the rewarding actions
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Chick-inspired autism test for newborn babies to help early intervention
Giorgio Vallortigara didn’t set out to develop software that could detect whether babies have autism. A neuroscience professor at the
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Prenatal Nitric Oxide Exposure Linked to Higher Risk for Autism
TUESDAY, Nov. 20, 2018 — Prenatal exposure to nitric oxide (NO) is associated with an increased risk for autism spectrum
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Disgraced doctor behind vaccine autism fears is ridiculed by award
Discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield who falsely claimed MMR jabs lead to autism is handed ‘bad science’ award – 20 years
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Kids With Autism Learn, Grow With the ‘Social Robot’
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 22, 2018 — Robots may hold the keys to social success for kids with autism. That’s the takeaway
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16 going on 66: Will you be the same person 50 years from now? Research suggests personality is both stable and malleable across the lifespan
How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you’re comparing yourself to others
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Autism Risk May Increase If Child's Mother Has High DDT Exposure
Pregnant women who have high levels of a byproduct from the banned insecticide DDT in their bodies may be more
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Mizzou program significantly reduces delay in autism diagnosis
When Katie New first suspected her son had autism, she had to wait 18 months for a diagnosis. She also
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Artificial intelligence can predict your personality … simply by tracking your eyes
It’s often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we
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New regulator of neuron formation identified
The protein NEK7 regulates neuron formation, as it is required for dendrite growth and branching, as well as the formation
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