Autism Skews Developing Brain With Synchronous Motion And Sound

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Autism Skews Developing Brain With Synchronous Motion And Sound

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, a study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: lip-sync -- the exact match of lip motion and speech sound. Such audiovisual synchrony preoccupied toddlers who have autism, while their unaffected peers focused on socially meaningful movements of the human body, such as gestures and facial expressions.

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Tags: Brain, Eye, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Disease and Condition