The term “autism” was first used in 1908 by Eugen Bleuler to describe a subset of schizophrenic patients who were especially withdrawn and self-absorbed. 1 However, it was not used as a diagnostic ...
On a first meeting in his office here at the University of Cambridge, Simon Baron-Cohen comes off as a poster boy for the empathetic scholar. He pulls a chair close, looks directly into his visitor’s ...
New research finds that men with an extra Y chromosome may face a higher risk of autism — offering fresh insight into how sex chromosomes shape brain health. A new study has uncovered an unexpected ...
Scientists at the University of Cambridge University have published new results in the journal PLoS ONE from the largest ever study of people with autism taking the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test ...