Brain enlargement in autism due to brain changes occurring before age 2
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 16:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study finds that children with autism who had enlarged brains at age 2 continued to have enlarged brains at ages 4 and 5. However, this increased brain growth did not continue beyond age 2, and the changes detected at age 2 were due to overgrowth prior to that time point.