Robert Schultz
Director, Center for Autism Research
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Diagnosing autism with a camera and an algorithm
Robert Schultz hopes to use technology to change how autism is studied, diagnosed and treated.
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Social impairments in autism are likely a consequence of deficits in social motivation that start early in life and have profound developmental consequences, says psychologist Robert Schultz.
Social motivation, reward and the roots of autism
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