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Simple learning test may be used to diagnose autism at just six months of age


Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300274 A combined team of psychologists from the University of Milano-Bicocca and the Scientific Institute, IRCCS E. Medea, Child Psychopathology Unit, both in Italy, has discovered what might be a marker for autism that could diagnose a child as young as 6 months. In their study, published in PLOS ONE, the group tested infants believed to be at risk of developing the disorder and compared their results with infants not at risk and then monitored them for two years to see if any of them Read More