Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...
A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...
Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children in Canada have discovered a gene that may be responsible for defining behaviors ...
Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...
A long‑overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...
A new study identifies PTCHD1-AS as a key non-coding gene that shapes social and repetitive behaviors in autism without affecting cognition.
People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...
Some habits are harder to quit than others. That's particularly true for body-focused repetitive behaviors, also called BFRBs. But most of us know them as nail biting, skin picking and even hair ...
BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU STOP. IT HAS THIS SORT OF SOOTHING SENSATION IN DR. MICHELLE DE BLASI UNDERSTANDS THAT MAY SOUND ODD TO ANYONE WHO DOESN’T DO THIS OR THIS OR THIS. IT’S A WAY THAT ...