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‘Social brain’ activity may not differ in some autistic people

People with autism may have patterns of brain activity that are similar to those in typical people when interpreting social interactions.

By Lauren Schenkman
16 March 2020 | 4 min read
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Autistic children may have to mute own perspective to grasp others’

To understand another person's point of view, children with autism may need to actively suppress their own.

By Bahar Gholipour
6 December 2018 | 5 min read
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In autism, food quirks show up in social brain areas

Young adults with autism who have intense sensitivity to taste show increased activation in social areas of the brain when they taste something sweet.

By Sarah DeWeerdt
15 November 2017 | 3 min read
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How dining out with my daughter inspired my autism studies

Restaurants can be stressful for my daughter Frances, who has autism, but her difficulties led me to try to better understand and treat her type of situational anxiety.

By Kevin Pelphrey
12 May 2016 | 7 min read
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Researchers map spot in brain for tracking others’ eyes

Following another person’s gaze is a task distinct from recognizing and reading faces.

By Sarah DeWeerdt
19 October 2015 | 4 min read

Brain’s face detector lights up questions about autism’s origins

Lower activity in a key face processing region of the brain hints that people with autism could benefit from training to become ‘face experts.’

By Sarah DeWeerdt
15 October 2015 | 0 min watch
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Landscape of brain ridges may vary with gender in autism

A region of the brain involved in interpreting social cues is unusually smooth in boys and men with autism, but normal in girls and women with the disorder.

By Nicholette Zeliadt
31 July 2015 | 4 min read
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In autism, RNA snippets vary little by brain region, age

The expression patterns of microRNAs vary less by brain region and age in people with autism than in controls. Researchers presented the unpublished findings Tuesday at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

By Nicholette Zeliadt
20 November 2014 | 3 min read
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Therapy for autism may alter brain activity, behavior

After four months of a behavioral therapy known as pivotal response training, children with autism show improved behavior and enhanced activity in brain regions that process social information. Researchers presented these preliminary results from a trial yesterday at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

By Nicholette Zeliadt
19 November 2014 | 4 min read
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People with autism have trouble processing sight, sound

People with autism tend to be less efficient than controls at integrating what they hear with what they see, according to unpublished results presented today at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

By Sarah DeWeerdt
17 November 2014 | 3 min read

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Organoids and assembloids offer a new window into human brain

These sophisticated 3D cultures reveal previously inaccessible stages of human brain development and enable the systematic study of disease genes.

By Sergiu P. Pasca
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Who funds your basic neuroscience research? Help The Transmitter compile a list of funding sources

We want to hear from you about the sources of funding for your research.

By Claudia López Lloreda
28 March 2025 | 1 min read
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The future of neuroscience research at U.S. minority-serving institutions is in danger

Cuts to federally funded programs present an existential crisis for the University of Puerto Rico’s rich neuroscience community and for research at minority-serving institutions everywhere.

By Carmen S. Maldonado-Vlaar
28 March 2025 | 5 min read