title: Brain development: neural signature predicts autism's emergence.
abstract: A new study has found that neural sensitivity to eye gaze in early infancy is associated with subsequent development of autism. This discovery provides a much-needed biomarker for autism spectrum disorder prior to emergence of behavioral symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. kevin.pelphrey@yale.edu
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pelphrey
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McPartland
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male