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Autism · Connectivity

Published 2012 · Explained Sep 2026

Autism network differences appeared in function and structure at once — in a sample chosen to be able to show them

Evidence: Contested

What changed

Two modalities agree within one sample. The participants are high-functioning children and adolescents, so this does not extend to adults or to lower-functioning individuals, and a cross-sectional design cannot say whether these differences precede or follow the behavioural phenotype.

2 studies · Cross-sectional resting-state fMRI with…