# Autism and the Brain

## Contents

- Introduction: Introducing the brain
- Anatomy of the brain:
  Overall shape
  - Explore the lobes
  - Explore structures
  - Development
  - Neurons and networks
- Anatomy of the brain in autism:

- Structure
- Integrating approaches
- Pathways, networks and development
- Conclusion

- Test your understanding:

- Question 1
- Question 2
- Question 3
- Acknowledgements
- Help

## Autism and the Brain: Test your understanding

### Question 3

Identify whether the following statements are true or false. Tick the boxes to find out the answers.

Each of the triad of impairments in autism is linked to a specific area of the brain.
It is easy to distinguish people with autism by the shapes of their brains.
In people with autism, visual processing occurs in the occipital lobe.

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