Imaging Study Finds Evidence Of Social Orienting Ability Associated With Brain Abnormalities In Toddlers With Autism

Toddlers with autism appear more likely to have an enlarged amygdala, a brain area associated with numerous functions, including the processing of faces and emotion, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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Filed under: Autism on May 18th, 2009