Apr 20, 2023 | AIMS-2-TRIALS News
Extensive research has shown that autistic people mostly pay less attention to social cues compared to non-autistic people. Previous research has shown that on average, autistic people generally spend less time looking at faces, and especially eyes, during social...
Mar 29, 2023 | AIMS-2-TRIALS News
Scientists still do not know what underpins the core behavioural characteristics of autism, for example repetitive behaviours. One well-supported theory suggests that these behaviours stem from an imbalance between neurotransmitters (the ’chemical messengers’ in the...
Dec 19, 2022 | AIMS-2-TRIALS News
AIMS-2-TRIALS researchers have been exploring how people process faces, both in autistic and non-autistic individuals. Previous research has shown that most people find it trickier to recognise upside down (inverted) faces compared to upright faces (see image on the...
Dec 19, 2022 | AIMS-2-TRIALS News
AIMS-2-TRIALS researchers, as part of a large-scale collaboration in the Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP), have been studying the variability within autism. In a large study of over 400 children and adults, the team have found that the timing of the N170 –...
Dec 14, 2022 | AIMS-2-TRIALS News
Research studies across the lifespan Project updates: Over the past year, recruitment of participants and families to our AIMS-2-TRIALS cohort studies has grown at its most significant rate since pandemic-related restrictions on face-to-face research eased. The Leads...
