New research on unreliability in sensory responses in autism may lead to core mechanisms, a biomarker for diagnosis and categorization for targetted treatments, and understanding of sensory sensitivity

The perception of sight, sound, and touch are less consistent in test subjects with autism than their typical peers according to new research from Carnegie Mellon researchers that is published in the October edition of the journal Neuron. This may be indicative of a more general neural difference that causes similar processing unreliability in the brains of those with autism, which in turn might explain the behavioral differences. The testing may also offer a biomarker for better diagnosis of autism and may also bring new insights into the sensory sensitivity aspects of autism.  Read more about it at sciencedaily.com here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919125336.htm

View a summary and highlights of the Neuron journal article at schiencedirect.com here:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627312007088