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Study finds that genes play a role in empathy

12 Mar 2018

A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our...

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Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism

26 Feb 2018

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in...

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Draško Kašćelan

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #3

27 Oct 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast-approaching (3 Nov), we introduce five PhD students who are already making waves at Cambridge.

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Genes influence ability to read a person’s mind from their eyes

07 Jun 2017

Our DNA influences our ability to read a person’s thoughts and emotions from looking at their eyes, suggests a new study published in the journal...

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Inaugural Fellowship strengthens ties between Cambridge and CUHK

24 May 2017

Cambridge researcher awarded Autism Research Fellowship in Neuroscience will divide his time between Cambridge and Hong Kong

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Human rights of people with autism not being met, leading expert tells United Nations

31 Mar 2017

The basic human rights of autistic people are not being met, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, a world expert on autism, told the United Nations in New...

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Infections during pregnancy may interfere with key genes associated with autism and prenatal brain development

21 Mar 2017

If a mother picks up an infection during pregnancy, her immune system will kick into action to clear the infection – but this self-defence mechanism...

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'Injured' cyclist on Trumpington Road

Does your empathy predict if you would stop and help an injured person?

31 Oct 2016

If you see an injured person by the side of the road, would you stop and help them, or are you more likely to walk on by? What motivates people to do...

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Help from Mr Handyman

Study of half a million people reveals sex and job predict how many autistic traits you have

03 Nov 2015

Measuring autistic traits in just under half a million people reveals that your sex, and whether you work in a STEM (science, technology, engineering...

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Speaking with eyes

Men and women with autism have ‘extreme male’ scores on the ‘Eyes test’ of mindreading

07 Sep 2015

New results published by researchers at the Autism Research Centre (ARC) show both men and women with autism show an extreme of the typical male...

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Neural Connections In the Human Brain

Presence or absence of early language delay alters anatomy of the brain in autism

23 Sep 2014

Individual differences in early language development, and in later language functioning, are associated with changes in the anatomy of the brain in...

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Lego ordered into compartments

Males and females with autism show an extreme of the typical male mind

16 Jul 2014

The largest ever psychological study of sex differences in adults with autism has found that both males and females with autism on average show an...

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