Social Impairments and The Autistic Brain
ScienceDaily (June 12, 2008) — New evidence shows that the brains of adults with autism are "wired" differently from people without the disorder, and this abnormal pattern of connectivity may be responsible for the social impairments that are characteristic of autism. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, a team of researchers affiliated with the University of Washington's Autism Center also found that the most severely socially impaired subjects in the study exhibited the most abnormal pattern of connectivity among a network of brain regions involved in face processing. Read article on Social Impairments In Autism
As Dr. Amen, neuro-psychiatrist has been saying, brain scans are giving us new evidence that the brains of adults with autism are "wired" differently from people without the disorder. I agree that this abnormal pattern of connectivity may be responsible for the social impairments that are characteristic of autism.
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