Having one child with autism is a well-known risk factor for having another one with the same disorder, but whether and how a sibling's gender influences this risk has remained largely unknown. Now ...

Using eye-tracking methods, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that toddlers with autism spend significantly more time visually examining dynamic ...

A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry reveals that the biological underpinnings of autism and ADHD may transcend traditional diagnostic boundaries. While there is increasing appreciation that ...

A study has found distinct brain connectivity patterns in six-week-old infants at risk for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A study co-led by researchers at UCLA Health has found distinct ...

Using machine learning, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism. Their study, ...

“Our findings suggest that infant sleep behaviors, especially nocturnal patterns, may serve as early indicators of autism, enabling early detection and intervention opportunities, including ...

It's possible to predict whether a young child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will respond to an evidence-based behavioral intervention by analyzing brain activity patterns with functional MRI ...