ABC’s Good Morning America features autism and facial recognition research being done by Charles Nelson, PhD, and colleagues in the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience at Children’s.
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Below, see one of the experiments in in real-time as a baby reacts to fearful, happy and neutral facial expressions.
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Click here to see more video of facial recognition studies in the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience.
In other autism news, a new intensive therapy program for autistic children is reaping high rewards. The Early Start Denver Model requires in-home therapy four hours a day for five days a week and can be used for children as young as 18-months old. It’s costly and requires a great amount of time and effort by parents and therapists, but the study reveals that toddlers with autism who participate in this intensive therapy program show greater improvements in language skills and scored higher in measures of social skills. Here, you can read a Children’s article about a sibling study that’s finding clues about this complex condition.
For more information on the lab, or if you’d like to enroll their children in a study, visit wherekidshelpkids.org.
