Science news articles about 'autistic brain'

... emotions in musical excerpts and facial expressions. “Music has long been known to touch autistic children,” said Molnar-Szakacs. “Studies from the early days of autism research have already shown ...

The brains of autistic children react to sounds a fraction of a second slower than those of normal children, which may help explain the communication problems associated with autism, researchers said ...

... world or the visual appearance of the characters—activity in these brain regions went back down. On the whole, ... us detect what is going wrong in an autistic brain, and maybe even target interventions ...

Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them? ...

... the two genes' presence in the developing human brain. While CDH9's presence appeared minimal, ... explore whether the gene behaves differently in the autistic brain. The DNA samples and clinical data ...

... These genetic findings give us important new leads to understand what's different in the developing autistic brain compared with typical neurodevelopment. We can now begin to explore the pathways in ...