A new study published reports that social deficits in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) correlate with early structural and connectivity traits particularly in the visual ...

The presence of those visual processing differences is related to how pronounced the autism traits are in the older siblings. “We’re beginning to parse differences in infant brain development that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New brain scans show infants can recognize object categories by 2 months, earlier than scientists once believed. (CREDIT: ...

Healthy vision is integral to a baby learning early literacy skills. To support literacy and vision development, parents should read to their child early on, limit screen time and watch out for any ...

A recent study including 60 infants was published in the Scientific Reports Journal, which investigated the trajectories of infant visual preference for the mother's face and how these are related to ...

New research shows that brain changes in the size, white matter integrity and functional connectivity of the visual processing systems of six-month olds are evident well before they show symptoms of ...