ReviewThe Lancet. Neurology2023
Prediction of autism in infants: progress and challenges.
Review in The Lancet. Neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Clinical efficacy observation of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with auditory integration training in children with ASD.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Enhancing Peer-Directed Social Communication in Autistic Children Using Video Visual Scene Displays.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Sex differences in 5-year incidence and prevalence of physical illnesses following early childhood autism diagnosis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Distinct Temporal Stages of Infant Brain Processing Associate With Early Versus Later Autism Diagnosis.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Developmental Trajectories of Autistic Traits in Infants With Autism and/or ADHD Family History: Predictors and Mid-Childhood Outcomes.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Developing an integrated algorithm to support autism diagnostic decisions: Model performance and statistical fairness.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Reduced Context Effect on Lexical Tone Normalization in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Speech-Specific Mechanism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Early Detection Methods for Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Clinical Screening to Multimodal AI.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Early sensory differences in toddlers at elevated likelihood for autism and association with later autistic traits: a prospective cohort study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Early Sociocognitive Development Among Spanish-Speaking Participants: A Preliminary Study Using the Early Social Cognition Inventory (ESCI).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Breastfeeding Journeys: Comparing Mothers' Experiences with Autistic and Neurotypical Infants.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Expressive language and social communication abilities in children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- Prematurity and autism: a dose-response relationship across gestational age.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Early Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Scales Correlates With Positive M-CHAT Screening in 24-Month-Old Infants.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Article
- Clinical utility and prospective of TMS-EEG: Updated review from an international expert group.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Review
- Beta power as a neural correlate of sensory features in autistic individuals.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2026Article
- [Brain structure & function · 2026Article
- Mid-childhood developmental and behavioural outcomes in infants with a family history of autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (henceforth autism) is a neurodevelopmental condition that can be reliably diagnosed in children by age 18-24 months. Prospective longitudinal studies of infants aged 1 year and younger who are later diagnosed with autism are elucidating the early developmental course of autism and identifying ways of predicting autism before diagnosis is possible. Studies that use MRI, EEG, and near-infrared spectroscopy have identified differences in brain development in infants later diagnosed with autism compared with infants without autism. Retrospective studies of infants younger than 1 year who received a later diagnosis of autism have also showed an increased prevalence of health conditions, such as sleep disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and vision problems. Behavioural features of infants later diagnosed with autism include differences in attention, vocalisations, gestures, affect, temperament, social engagement, sensory processing, and motor abilities. Although research findings offer insight on promising screening approaches for predicting autism in infants, individual-level predictions remain a future goal. Multiple scientific challenges and ethical questions remain to be addressed to translate research on early brain-based and behavioural predictors of autism into feasible and reliable screening tools for clinical practice.
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