Can you see Aspergers on a brain scan

If a more effective fmri becomes available next year capable of reliably detecting asberger.I'm reminded of the brain image advertisements that the us government put out to discourage people from using mdma, for which they specifically chose two images.Right now, they're really most generally used before a big brain surgery, like a tumor removal.You make these images so the surgeon can see where the important fibers have been pushed so they don't cut the important, eloquent ones.Many studies have investigated how the brain processes faces, a key social stimulus, in asd.

By the time a person is diagnosed, her brain may have already adjusted to compensate for the condition.The aspergers brain is different in both function and it's anatomy as shown in recent mri brain scans as discussed by the doctors working this interesting an.That's a bit bold for a staid scientific journal, but it sums up what they are doing.These communication patterns have characteristic structures and forms.A us team at boston children's hospital say eeg traces, which record electrical brain activity.

A simpler title would be, how brain scans recognize autism, and how scans identify common emotions.But increasing evidence suggests that autism begins well before birth.