The treasures of monkey island
On Cayo Santiago island, scientists track the alliances and power struggles of a colony of feral monkeys — collecting data to generate new insights into the social challenges that people with autism face.
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Spectrum: Autism Research News
Tag: eye contact
June 2016
May 2016
Through play, children with autism can hone thinking skills
Clinicians can use play to deliver therapies that could improve a child’s social skills, language and certain cognitive capacities.
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Firsthand experience with autism can spark new science
Meeting people with autism can give scientists new ideas and the motivation to pursue long-term studies.
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April 2016
Rising star: Somer Bishop fine-tunes autism diagnosis
Somer Bishop is launching a revolution in autism diagnosis, creating faster, more precise tools that speed research and better capture the full spectrum of autism symptoms.
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2016
Deceitful DNA; grant gambit; autism glass
A woman claims that a genetic test failed to flag her son’s deadly condition, a researcher wins a rare appeal of a rejected grant application, and a graduate student’s gadget could help people with autism to read emotions.
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March 2016
When a flair for reading is mistaken for autism
Some children who read early or speak late are misdiagnosed with autism.
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Clinical acumen key in discerning autism, attention deficit
A widely used diagnostic test for autism can reliably distinguish the condition from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but not always.
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January 2016
Before talking about autism, listen to families
Scientists should phrase their findings to be sensitive to the dignity and needs of people with autism.
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December 2015
Artist with autism illustrates ‘invisible disability’
Sounds, smells and social encounters are just a few of the challenges that Leironica Hawkins, an artist on the spectrum, faces every day.
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November 2015
Rare glimpse of neurons refines understanding of amygdala
An unprecedented look at the activity of 223 individual neurons in the amygdala calls into question the longstanding idea that the region recognizes eye contact.
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