Eye Contact Triggers Threat Signals In Autistic Children's Brains

Eye Contact Triggers Threat Signals In Autistic Children's Brains

"train autistic children to look at a person's eye region in a more strategic way, like when the person may not be looking directly at them"

"Imagine walking through the world and interpreting every face that looks at you as a threat, even the face of your own mother," Davidson adds. Scientists have in the past speculated that the amygdala - which has been implicated in certain anxiety and mood disorders - plays a role in autism, but the study directly supports that idea for the first time"

Well, every face IS a threat. Why are you staring at me like you want to snatch out all my veins and wrap them around your neck for your entertainment.

Speaking of veins,