Scientists at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of
Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine Identify Markers of Social
Disability Present in 2 to 6-Month-Old Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism
Researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine have identified signs of
autism present in the first months of life. The researchers followed babies
from birth until 3 years of age, using eye-tracking technology, to measure the
way infants look at and respond to social cues. Infants later diagnosed with
autism showed declining attention to the eyes of other people, from the age of
2 months onwards. The results are reported in the Nov. 6, 2013 advanced online
publication of the journal Nature.