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02 Dec 2010, 7:02 am

Another brain scan thing

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/02/researchers-one-step-closer-to-potential-autism-test/?hpt=C2


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02 Dec 2010, 8:27 pm

Dr Zachary Warren wrote:
since there are many types of autism, "it becomes very challenging to capture all these differences with one test."


Very interesting stuff....but then what?



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02 Dec 2010, 10:22 pm

Interesting. I'm interested in how the autistic brain works.


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02 Dec 2010, 10:56 pm

I will believe it when they include some females in their study. Also more borderline people, parents, ADHD, etc.



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03 Dec 2010, 12:06 am

tttnjfttt wrote:
I will believe it when they include some females in their study. Also more borderline people, parents, ADHD, etc.


Absolutely.

They said they needed to expand the sample and do double blind tests as well. The initial results are enough to warrant further study.


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