Researchers have analyzed brain scans and eye movements as harbingers of autism. Now they’re
listening to babies’ cries. Scientists at Brown University
think it’s possible that infants’ early cries might provide a clue to whether they’re at risk of developing autism, based on a small study they conducted on
about 40 babies. They compared the cries of one group, considered at risk of
autism because they had older siblings with the disorder, to a second low-risk
group. When the babies were six months old, they were videotaped in order to
collect a vocal sampling. At some point during the 45-minute filming, the
infants cried.
Researchers have analyzed
brain scans and
eye movements as harbingers of autism. Now they’re listening to babies’ cries.
Scientists
at Brown University think it’s possible that infants’ early cries might
provide a clue to whether they’re at risk of developing autism, based
on a small study they conducted on about 40 babies. They compared the
cries of one group, considered at risk of autism because they had older
siblings with the disorder, to a second low-risk group. When the babies
were six months old, they were videotaped in order to collect a vocal
sampling. At some point during the 45-minute filming, the infants cried.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/28/can-a-babys-cry-be-a-clue-to-autism/#ixzz2DY5006rZ
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