Synaesthesia is more common in autism
20 November 2013People with autism are more likely to also have synaesthesia, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism.
Autism affects different parts of the brain in women and men
09 August 2013New research sheds light on previously under-researched area of study – females with autism.
Girls with anorexia have elevated autistic traits
06 August 2013Girls with anorexia nervosa show a mild echo of the characteristics of autism, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism.
The face of emotions: Darwin, computers and autism
21 October 2011An online recreation of Charles Darwin’s famous experiment on the expression of emotion is being launched at Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas tomorrow (22nd).
Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region
20 June 2011Research provides important insight into ‘systemizing’ theory of autism.
Extra testosterone reduces your empathy
10 February 2011A new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person’s ability to ‘mind read’, an indication of empathy. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cambridge Ideas - The Emotional Computer
10 January 2011Cambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future.
Research links testosterone levels to autistic traits
13 January 2009Research at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre (ARC) has found that exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb is related to the development of autistic traits.
