Friday, January 15, 2010

Baby boy takes part in autism study

A baby boy has taken part in a brain study to help psychologists understand how autism develops.

Four-month-old Matai Reid was monitored by scientists at Durham University to see how he responded to different moving images on a television screen.

Matai, from Durham, was fitted with a cap with sensors attached so his brain activity could be recorded.

Dr Vincent Reid, a psychologist at Durham University, said: "We don't yet know enough about how the brains of very young babies develop and how they react to things.

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