Scientists are creating an app that examines these walking patterns to predict a child’s likelihood of having autism.

When we think of autism, we might think about younger people. Autism wasn’t formally recognized as a diagnosable condition ...

Joseph Boyle is on a mission to understand one of the more challenging aspects of autism: behavior that causes self-harm. A doctoral student in ...

Early sensory experiences shape later behavior, possibly influencing autism symptoms before social traits emerge.

From fetal stages through adolescence, the brain undergoes rapid, layered development—from basic motor skills to complex ...

In children with anorexia nervosa or other restrictive eating disorders, changes in the brain’s outer layer don’t seem to be ...

Sometimes a gentle touch feels sharp and distinct, other times it fades into the background. This inconsistency isn’t just ...

Advance could usher in new era of research for schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases ...

In the last decade, the incidence of restrictive eating disorders in children, like anorexia-nervosa and avoidant/restrictive ...

I f EKGs can detect potential problems in heart function, then doctors are asking why brain scans can’t be used in the same way, to identify disorders like depression, autism or schizophrenia ...

Magnetic resonance imaging scans of 174 children aged under 13 who had been diagnosed with an early-onset restrictive eating ...