It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

A unique pattern of brain organization may explain why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often possess superior math skills. A small brain imaging study showed that children between the ...

Few medical conditions rival autism as a magnet for controversy. Practically everything about the disorder — its cause, its treatment, the way it is diagnosed, how it is studied — is subject to bitter ...

Scientists have developed a video game that can spot if a child has autism with 80 per cent accuracy. Called Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation (CAMI), the game asks children to mimic the ...

FRISCO – If there’s one thing Cade Elias likes more than video games, it is math. “Actually, yes and sushi is the best though,” he quipped. Cade, a seventh grader in Frisco ISD, has autism. In the ...

A Texas seventh-grader with autism loves video games, sushi, and math. And in math, Cade Elias is a star student. The 13-year-old's ability in math is unparalleled in the Frisco Independent School ...