Tag: social
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newsAutism and fragile X syndrome are characterized by very different brain processes, even though the two disorders show similar social deficits, say authors of the first functional imaging study to compare the two disorders1.
Fragile X syndrome is a form of inherited mental retardation that stems from a rare mutation in...→
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conference reportA child's language ability correlates with the volume of his or her amygdala — the small, deep brain region that is strongly associated with emotional processing — according to an unpublished five-year longitudinal study presented Wednesday afternoon at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.
Analyzing brain imaging data collected from 24 infants at...→
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conference reportA mouse model of neurofibromatosis — a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder that leads to nerve tumors, memory problems and, often, autism — exhibits deficits in social interaction and social learning, according to research presented in a poster session today at the Society for Neuroscience conference.
These results mean that the neurofibromatosis mouse should...→
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conference reportFor decades, those who study brain cell activity have faced a fundamental trade off: either closely monitor the activity of a single cell or look at the circuit level to see how large groups of neurons communicate with each other.
A new technique, optogenetics, makes it possible to study both the micro...→
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workshop reportWorkshop organizers: Nancy Kanwisher, Cathy Lord New York; September 7-8, 2008
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Goal:
To characterize the cognitive phenotype, the set of cognitive abilities that are impaired or spared in autism spectrum disorders.
Summary:
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior. Because there are no biological markers for...→
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newsPeople with autism display atypical patterns of brain activity while viewing faces: that’s the conclusion from a study that used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess what happens in the brain when people see faces1.
Face perception is the basis of social cognition, says the study’s first author, Natalia Kleinhans,...→
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newsFor much of the twentieth century, autism was considered childhood schizophrenia.
Shared problems with language and social interaction lumped them together. Doctors thought as the children grew older, they simply became more psychotic and delusional.
But, in 1943, Leo Kanner, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, suggested that children who have an “innate...→
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