Brain activity varies with age in children with autistic traits

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Children with more autistic traits view and experience the world differently than their peers do, and those differences change as the children grow, according to a new study from WashU Medicine published Aug. 12 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The team studied brain scans from 545 children ages 5 to 15 taken while they watched a 10-minute clip of the animated movie "Despicable Me" inside…

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