A major new study has found children with autism are more likely to be bullied by both their siblings and their peers, meaning that when…
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How the brain distinguishes between voice and sound
Is the brain capable of distinguishing a voice from the specific sounds it utters? In an attempt to answer this question, researchers from the University…
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What do sick kids really want in hospital? No-one has asked until now
Feeling safe and being able to get to sleep at night are the things that matter most to sick kids in hospital, according to world-first…
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Eyes hold clues for treating severe autism more effectively: ‘Implicit measures’ better assess vocabulary than conventional tests, could lead to more effective interventions, more research
Vocabulary tests for individuals with the severest forms of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, are notoriously inaccurate. They commonly ask the test-taker to point to…
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Thirty years after anorexia onset, fewer ill than healthy
A study that started in 1985 followed some 50 people who had become anorexic in their teens. It shows that 30 years later, the majority…
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Learning language: New insights into how brain functions
For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task. Learning it in a class that essentially compresses a one-semester…
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Optimize open floor plans by shuffling workstations
Companies that hope to avoid long-term stagnation can jolt employees into creative thinking by forcing them to sit alongside unfamiliar coworkers in open work spaces,…
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How the brain finds meaning in metaphor
You can grasp a hand. You can also grasp a concept. One is literal. One is metaphorical. Our brains know the difference, but would we…
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Social media has remarkably small impact on Americans’ beliefs, research finds: Facebook users actually more accurate in 2016 election
Social media had only a small influence on how much people believed falsehoods about candidates and issues in the last two presidential elections, a pair…
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Some children can ‘recover’ from autism, but problems often remain, study finds
Research in the past several years has shown that children can outgrow a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), once considered a lifelong condition. In…
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