News and Events
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Dec 2013
Study confirms a gene linked to Asperger Syndrome and empathyScientists have confirmed that variations in a particular gene play a key role in the autism spectrum condition known as Asperger Syndrome. They have also found that variations in the same gene are also linked to differences in empathy levels in the general population.
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Nov 2013
Synaesthesia is more common in autismPeople with autism are more likely to also have synaesthesia, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism.
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Aug 2013
Autism affects different parts of the brain in women and menNew research sheds light on previously under-researched area of study – females with autism.
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Aug 2013
Girls with anorexia have elevated autistic traitsGirls with anorexia nervosa show a mild echo of the characteristics of autism, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism.
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Oct 2011
The face of emotions: Darwin, computers and autismAn online recreation of Charles Darwin’s famous experiment on the expression of emotion is being launched at Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas tomorrow (22nd).
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Jul 2011
Biomarker for autism discoveredResearch provides opportunity for identifying genes linked to autism.
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Jun 2011
Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich regionResearch provides important insight into ‘systemizing’ theory of autism.
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Feb 2011
Extra testosterone reduces your empathyA new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person’s ability to ‘mind read’, an indication of empathy. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Jan 2011
Cambridge Ideas – The Emotional ComputerCambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future
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Jan 2009
Research links testosterone levels to autistic traitsResearch at Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre (ARC) has found that exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb is related to the development of autistic traits.
