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Depression

Adults with Asperger Syndrome at greater risk of suicidal thoughts

25 Jun 2014

Adults with the autism spectrum condition known as Asperger Syndrome are significantly more likely to experience suicidal thoughts than people from...

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Boy with autism

Children with autism have elevated levels of steroid hormones in the womb

03 Jun 2014

Children who later develop autism are exposed to elevated levels of steroid hormones (for example testosterone, progesterone and cortisol) in the...

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Overview of average regional sex differences in grey matter volume. Areas of larger volumes in women are in red and areas of larger volume in men are in blue.

Males and females differ in specific brain structures

11 Feb 2014

New study examines thousands of brains from two decades of research to reveal differences between male and female brain structure.

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Study confirms a gene linked to Asperger Syndrome and empathy

17 Dec 2013

Scientists have confirmed that variations in a particular gene play a key role in the autism spectrum condition known as Asperger Syndrome. They have...

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Synaesthesia is more common in autism

20 Nov 2013

People with autism are more likely to also have synaesthesia, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism .

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Autism affects different parts of the brain in women and men

09 Aug 2013

New research sheds light on previously under-researched area of study – females with autism.

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Girls with anorexia have elevated autistic traits

06 Aug 2013

Girls with anorexia nervosa show a mild echo of the characteristics of autism, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism.

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Autism prevalence in China

18 Apr 2013

Research collaboration to explore whether autism is currently underdiagnosed; pilot study suggests one per cent of Chinese population has autism

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A normally developed child engaged in pretend play with the Augmented Reality system

The land of make-believe

14 Mar 2013

Using augmented reality to encourage autistic children to engage in imaginative play.

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Darwin's copy of the Duchenne photographs used in his experiments. The same photos will be used in the Festival of Ideas event and then on the website.

The face of emotions: Darwin, computers and autism

21 Oct 2011

An online recreation of Charles Darwin’s famous experiment on the expression of emotion is being launched at Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas...

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Autism biomarker.

Biomarker for autism discovered

12 Jul 2011

Research provides opportunity for identifying genes linked to autism.

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Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region

20 Jun 2011

Research provides important insight into ‘systemizing’ theory of autism.

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