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Study Finds Early Signs of

Autism in Baby Brains

By Kate Kelland

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Children who develop autism already show signs of different brain

responses in their first year of life, scientists said on Thursday in a

study that may in the future help doctors diagnose the disorder earlier.

British researchers studied 104 babies

at six to 10 months and then again at three-years-old, and found that

those who went on to develop autism had unusual patterns of brain

activity in response to eye contact with another person.

The findings, published online today in

Current Biology, suggest direct brain measures might help predict the

future risk of autism in babies as young as six months old, said Dr.

Mark director of the Center for Brain and Cognitive Development

at Birkbeck College, University of London, who led the study.

Characteristic autistic behavior tends

not to emerge before the age of two years and firm diagnoses are

usually only made after this age.

"Because there are no good behavioral

signs at this young age (under one year), we wanted to see whether, by

measuring the activity of the brain in a more direct way, we might be

able to pick up earlier warning signs," Dr. said in a telephone

interview.

His team looked at babies at greater

risk of developing autism later in life because they had an

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