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Autistic Brains Grow More Slowly
Published October 20, 2011
in Psych Central
UCLA researchers have found the connections between brain regions that are important for language and social skills grow much more slowly in boys withautism than in non-autistic children.
Filed under: Brain Development, Brain Imaging, featured, Gender, Language, Repetitive Behavior, Social Skills