A unique pattern of brain organization may explain why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often possess superior math skills. A small brain imaging study showed that children between the ...

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" to each other. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in ...

But having autism makes talking to people a bit awkward, he says. It also affects how his mind works. "My thoughts are kind of like a disorganized bookshelf and maybe like books or thoughts that are ...