Sunday, 2 February 2014

The brains of children with autism generate more information at rest than neurotypical children, according to new...


The brains of children with autism generate more information at rest than neurotypical children, according to new research
New research in the journal Frontiers in Neuroinformatics has found that the brains of children with autism create 42% more information at rest than the brains of neurotypical children. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Toronto studied the brain activity in these children using a type of imaging known as magnetoencephalography, which measures the magnetic fields created by the electric currents of neurons when they fire. Using this method, the researchers found that the brains of children with autism were much more active, even when at rest. Analysis of the brain's functional connectivity also revealed that the children with autism were more introspective than neurotypical children. The researchers believe that these results support a new theory of understanding autism known as the Intense World Theory, which hypothesizes that the symptoms of autism result from brain over-activity and -arousal.

Source:
http://casemed.case.edu/newscenter/news-release/newsrelease.cfm?news_id=200
Journal article: Information gain in the brain's resting state: A new perspective on autism. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2013. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2013.00037
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5 comments:

  1. Eric Ramos2 February 2014 at 04:26

    http://m.kirotv.com/news/lifestyles/health/sights-sounds-out-sync-autistic-children-study/ncpzj/

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  2. Kersten Vogel2 February 2014 at 05:53

    If you build a KI system the first question always is how to structure the information an a smart way, so that you have some chance to deal with it - otherwise you get lost in the heap of data...

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  3. Eric Ramos2 February 2014 at 20:48

    Len Smith, it's said that EVERY person lies somewhere on the autism spectrum. It's not black and white. I've come to appreciate Not having loud sounds pound my ear drums, as well, but that could be a result of working around machinery that make 80dB+ all day, every day, fir the last 20 years (and I've always used ear protection. My hearing has only shown is age)

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  4. Eric Ramos2 February 2014 at 20:48

    It's age. Damn phone...

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  5. Apmusica4 February 2014 at 10:59

    Susana M. Thanks! :-)

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