A new study conducted at UW and Vanderbilt found a relation between sensory under-responsiveness and brain responses in 18-month old toddlers who have older siblings with ASD. The study found correlations between hypo-responsiveness to sensory input and oscillatory power in the frontal lobe of the brain. Mapping behavioral patterns onto brain activity is an important first step to identifying potential early biological markers of ASD. READi Lab researchers Lisa Ibanez and Wendy Stone were involved in this study, which is now published online in ‘Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.’