Brains of Autistic Children Are Surprisingly Hyper-Connected

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By Ben Thomas
Nov 7, 2013 5:57 PMOct 24, 2019 7:06 PM
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From a non-autistic point of view, people with autism can seem somewhat disconnected in social and emotional terms. It’d be tempting to attribute this to differences in brain connectivity—wiring that never quite got connected—and in fact, this has been the prevailing hypothesis. But this week, researchers report that the brains of autistic children are actually more connected than the brains of non-autistic children are.

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