n University）与匹兹堡大学（University of Pittsburgh）合作发表了一个新理论：「沟通不良理论（Underconnectivity theory），为自闭症的研究提供了一个新的视野。 在他们的实验当中特别找来17位患有自闭症但智商正常的患者，以及17位正常人作为对照组。
But if the underconnectivitytheory applies to the rest of the brain, too, it would be less of a mystery why some people with autism are hypersensitive to their environments, and others are able to do certain tasks, such as arithmetic, so well.