Researchers at the University of North Carolina used brain scans to predict with 80% accuracy whether certain children would develop autism, meaning such scans could enable early treatment of the ...

A new kind of brain scan may be able to predict when a baby as young as 6 months old will develop autism, researchers said Wednesday. The approach is not likely to be useful for all kids, but in ...

Brain scans of infants as young as 6 months old may be able to predict whether a child will develop autism, a new study suggests. In the study, researchers found that infants who later developed ...

Brain study spots early signs of autism 01:14. Experimental research may lead to a new method to diagnose infants with autism before symptoms show.. In what they say is a first-of-its-kind study ...

MRI scans on a child's brain during their first year of life could predict with 80 percent accuracy which would later go on to develop autism.

Brain scans detect autism's signature Date: December 1, 2010 Source: Yale University Summary: An autism study using functional magnetic resonance imaging has identified a pattern of brain activity ...

Brain scans known as functional MRIs may someday help in diagnosing autism, according to new research. ''We know now it is possible to objectively differentiate the autistic brain from the typical ...

Adult autism diagnosis by brain scan Date: August 11, 2010 Source: King's College London Summary: Scientists in the UK have developed a pioneering new method of diagnosing autism in adults.

Patterns of brain activity in 6-month-old babies accurately predict which of them will be diagnosed with autism at age 2. The findings hint that brain scans may one day help doctors detect autism ...

A new study published in Science Advances sheds light on how changes in brain connections before and after puberty might ...

Brain scans of possibly autistic infants and toddlers can predict whether they will develop normal language skills, according to a new study by UC San Diego researchers.If the results hold up, this… ...

Characterized by shared differences in motor and social behaviors, autism spectrum disorder ( ASD) is also a condition that ...