A sniff test for autism

A rare positive report on Israel by the BBC (and in The Independent). Weizmann scientists have discovered that whereas normal children spend longer inhaling the aroma of roses than that of rotten fish, autistic children don’t differentiate between pleasant and unpleasant odors.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-33362472

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2815%2900651-X

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