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LONDON (Reuters) - Children who develop autism already show signs of different brain responses in their first year of life, scientists said on Thursday in a study that may in the future help doctors diagnose the disorder earlier.
British researchers studied 104 babies at six to 10 months and then again at three-years-old, and found that those who went on to develop autism had unusual patterns of brain activity in response to eye contact with another person.
The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, suggest direct brain measures might help predict the future risk of autism in babies as young as six months old, said Mark Johnson director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College,...
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