Can you handle rejection?
If rejection overwhelms you, you could be suffering from 'rejection sensitive dysphoria'; find out what it is. Let’s face it,
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Study: People with autism show atypical brain activity when coordinating visual and motor information
A new study in the Journal of Neurophysiology by researchers at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is the
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Gene protective against fruit fly heat-induced seizures may explain some human seizures: A neuronal gene malfunction may be linked to epilepsy in humans with the heart condition Long QT Syndrome
Researchers identified a gene in fruit flies that helps prevent the hyperexcitability of specific neurons that trigger seizures. In humans,
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Brain region linked to altered social interactions in autism model
Although psychiatric disorders can be linked to particular genes, the brain regions and mechanisms underlying particular disorders are not well-understood.
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Scholars weigh in on new ideas about autism
A new paper that challenges widely held ideas about autism has attracted comments from more than 30 scholars across the
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Do You Know What Causes Autism? Researchers Have Made a Major Breakthrough
The cause of autism has long been researched — and debated. The sensory processing disorder has been wrongly linked to
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Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism
Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive
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Early autism screening has limited effect
Screening for autism at three years of age only identifies those with significant developmental delay, and not those with less
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Brain clock ticks differently in autism
The neural ‘time windows’ in certain small brain areas contribute to the complex cognitive symptoms of autism, new research suggests.
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