Autism's social struggles due to disrupted communication networks in brain
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 10:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Picking up on innuendo and social cues is a central component of engaging in conversation, but people with autism often struggle to determine another person's intentions in a social interaction. New research from Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on the neural mechanisms that are responsible for such social difficulties in autism, and on the workings of these social brain mechanisms in all of us.