Neuroscience

Neurocognitive and electrophysiological evidence of altered face processing in parents of children with autism: Implications for a model of abnormal development of social brain circuitry in autism
Abnormal face processing ability is a functional neural trait marker for autism.

 

Anatomical Differences in the Mirror Neuron System and Social Cognition Network in Autism
Social and emotional deficits seen in autism are associated with thinning of the mirror neuron system.

This study discusses the changes in white matter of the developing brain in autism.

A brain imaging study shows that Asperger syndrome is on the mild side of the autism spectrum, distinct from high-functioning autism in brain development.

A brain imaging study showed children with autism have widely distributed impairments in brain circuits that process emotion from faces.

Before doctors see first clinical signs of autism, there are two phases of abnormal brain growth in austistic children.