contact and displayed empathy in the same way that an average person would. These results could point to a future treatment method for the social aspects of autism.
MRIs taken by Elizabeth von dem Hagen of Cardiff University have shown that where the temporal lobe and parietal lobe meet near the occipital lobe, there is an area which is considered the social brain.4 This social brain is most active in social activities where people have to communicate and respond to others. The neurons fire here much more in people without autism than those with this condition.4 This may be another reason why people with autism are less social than people without autism. By using the hormone oxytocin and examining the importance of the social brain, great advancements may finally become possible and will hopefully find the full truth behind Autism.
Works Cited
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