Whether brain scans will help us understand and sort out behavior disorders more effectively is another question.

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By pooling data about so many people, they hope to detect the relationships among patterns of neural connections, healthy brain behavior and neural disorders.

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Real disorders, however, might cause behavior that is interpreted as sex addiction.

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The best-established treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders fall under the broad heading of Applied Behavior Analysis -- often referred to as a "behavioral" approach.

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On the other hand, be alert for eating patterns and beliefs that may signal unhealthy behavior, as well as peer pressure that may trigger eating disorders.

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The rationale for pursuing stem cell therapy in autism is based on encouraging results of unpublished data examining stem cell therapy in children with cerebral palsy, a group of disorders that affect not only movement, but learning, behavior and cognition.

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Autism, more precisely the autism spectrum, is a range of brain disorders that can cause difficulties in social interaction, communication and behavior.

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