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2022

Featured Publications / Publications

IQ trajectories in autistic children through preadolescence

The study team developed techniques to collect MRI scans on individuals with all levels of intellectual ability. We found a brain network that is different between children whose IQ changed over time and those whose IQ stayed the same over time.

Featured Publications / Publications

Sex differences in areas of the brain connected to the amygdala

This study found sex differences between the network of regions that are monosynaptically connected to the amygdala.

Featured Publications / Publications

Differences in brain networks in 3-year-old autistic children

This study found differences between 3 year old autistic males and females in three networks that have been widely implicated in autism.

Presentations

Autism in girls and the GAIN study (30 min)

Facebook Live (2022) with Christine Wu Nordahl and Brianna Heath

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What neuroscience tells us about autism in children (50 min)

Dot to Dot Behind the Person Podcast (2022) with Christine Wu Nordahl Episode information: https://dot-to-dot-behind-the-person.simplecast.com/episodes/what-neuroscience-tells-us-about-autism-in-children-with-dr-wu-nordahl

Presentations

The Autism Phenome Project: Identifying subgroups of autism (45 min)

Facebook Live (2022) with David G. Amaral, Christine Wu Nordahl, and Marjorie Solomon

Presentations

Language Matter: Using Respectful Language in Autism Research (27 min)

Facebook Live (2022) with Christine Wu Nordahl, Patrick Dwyer, and Kiki Godfrey


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Recent Talks & Presentations

  • Why autism brain studies matter
  • Women and Girls on the Spectrum (30 min)
  • Gender Diversity in Autism & the NeuroTeens Support Group
  • Science Minds (18 min)
  • Understanding and Supporting the Intersections Between Neurodiversity and Gender Nonconformity (1 hr)

Featured Publications

  • Sex differences in early brain development and motor skills
  • Sex differences in trajectories of cortical development in autistic children from 2–13 years of age
  • Why do we need sex-balanced studies of autism?
  • IQ trajectories in autistic children through preadolescence
  • Sex differences in areas of the brain connected to the amygdala
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