Why Autistic Kids Get Lost in the Details#BYEH

Why Autistic Kids Get Lost in the Details In a new study in the August issue of Nature, scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Center discovered how the brain filters useful information. These interneurons act as a filter, so that small distractions in the environment dont send a strong enough signal for a memory to form. Seeing the World Through Autistic Eyes Tsiens findings may shed light on why autism causes differences in the processing of social and environmental cues. For example, in the image above, when asked what letter they see, an autistic person is more likely to spot the As and have trouble seeing the W that they form together. Can Oxytocin Treat Autism? Several studies have investigated the oxytocin-autism connection. Autism is linked to both lower oxytocin levels and mutations in the oxytocin receptor, the site where oxytocin bonds to its interneuron and causes it to fire. Learn More Do Anorexia and Autism Share the Same Traits? Why Dont Children with Autism Respond to Speech? Autism Risk Detected at Birth in Abnormal Placentas Do Girls Genes Protect Them from Autism?