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Novel imaging study demonstrates how the ‘social brain’ is functionally impaired in autism spectrum disorder

October 13, 2015 by

Brain areas linked to social behaviors are both underdeveloped and insufficiently networked in youths with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to study participants without ASD, a team of scientists has found.

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