News and Events
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Jul 2019
High levels of oestrogen in the womb linked to autismScientists have identified a link between exposure to high levels of oestrogen sex hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing autism. The findings are published today in the journal Molecular Psychiatry
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Jul 2019
Autistic adults experience high rates of negative life eventsAutistic adults are vulnerable to many types of negative life experiences, including employment difficulties, financial hardship, domestic abuse and ‘mate-crime’, according to new research published today in the journal Autism Research.
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Mar 2019
Levels of autism in China similar to the West, joint Chinese-UK study showsThe first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in China has an autism spectrum condition – the same figure as found in the West.
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have completed the world’s largest ever study of typical sex differences and autistic traits. They tested and confirmed two longstanding psychological theories: the Empathising-Systemising theory of sex differences and the Extreme Male Brain theory of autism.
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Aug 2018
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to have a child with autismWomen with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely than other women to have an autistic child, according to an analysis of NHS data carried out by a team at Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre. The research is published today in the journal Translational Psychiatry.
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May 2018
Academy of Medical Sciences announces 2018 FellowshipsEight Cambridge academics are among 48 of the UK’s world leading researchers who have been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Mar 2018
Study finds that genes play a role in empathyA new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes.
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Jun 2017
Genes influence ability to read a person’s mind from their eyesOur DNA influences our ability to read a person’s thoughts and emotions from looking at their eyes, suggests a new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
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May 2017
Inaugural Fellowship strengthens ties between Cambridge and CUHKCambridge researcher, awarded Autism Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, will divide his time between Cambridge and Hong Kong
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Mar 2017
Human rights of people with autism not being met, leading expert tells United NationsThe basic human rights of autistic people are not being met, Professor Simon BaronCohen, a world expert on autism, told the United Nations in New York today, to mark Autism Awareness Week.
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Oct 2016
Does your empathy predict if you would stop and help an injured person?If you see an injured person by the side of the road, would you stop and help them, or are you more likely to walk on by? What motivates people to do good in such a situation?
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Nov 2015
Study of half a million people reveals sex and job predict how many autistic traits you haveMeasuring autistic traits in just under half a million people reveals that your sex, and whether you work in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) job, predict how many autistic traits you have, according to new research published in the journal PLOS ONE.
