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By Lisa Jo Rudy, About.com Guide to Autism

Is the Autistic Brain More "Scientific?"

Tuesday February 14, 2006
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, of the University of Cambridge in the UK, believes that autism may be more likely to occur in children of couples who are very analytical.

An article on the subject on the BBC Website seems to support a much older article in Wired Magazine entitled The Geek Syndrome. That article blames "math and tech" genes for an explosion of Asperger Syndrome in Silicon Valley.

Is your family loaded with talented mathematicians, computer scientists and musicians? If so, your family may be just the proof scientists are looking for!

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