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A test for autism?

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I read today that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a test for autism that they say is 97% accurate. It involves giving someone am MRI scan and asking them to think about the meanings of words they are given, such as 'hug' or 'cuddle'. The posterior cingulate area of an autistic person's brain is supposed to show significantly less activity than that of an NT person when thinking about such words.

What do autistic people think of this? Is a test a good thing?

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    They weren't looking to establish differences, or similarities, between females with autism and males with autism. Their paper is silent on that issue. They were only trying to demonstrate the relationship between autism and fmri images. A study on gender differences would be kept for a separate paper at a later date. A paper will usually only look at a single factor and they will carefully separate gender issues into another paper so as not to confuse the primary focus of this paper.

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    They weren't looking to establish differences, or similarities, between females with autism and males with autism. Their paper is silent on that issue. They were only trying to demonstrate the relationship between autism and fmri images. A study on gender differences would be kept for a separate paper at a later date. A paper will usually only look at a single factor and they will carefully separate gender issues into another paper so as not to confuse the primary focus of this paper.

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