A study has revealed that if doctors detect autism symptoms in the first year of baby then they would be able to predict the pattern of autism which a child is going to develop in his later years. It was taken out at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development in the Birkbeck, University of London.

It was one of its kind study which appeared in the Current Biology ahs revealed that autism symptoms in the first year of the child is crucial for his life. The functioning of the brain is quite different from an autistic infant from a normal child.

One could notice this thing when you look at children and also at time when you look away from them, said lead author Professor Mark Johnson. In order to reach at the above given conclusion, they put passive sensors on the children's heads so they could determine the brain function at two point of times.

The study researchers wanted to see how the children's brain reacts at the time when they look at them and when they look away from them. They found that there were many infants who did not maintain eye contact at the time when somebody looked at them.

This was a major indication which showed that autism infants' brain responds differently. However, it shall be known as not all the infants who were suspected to have autism were diagnosed with autism later.

This study would be crucial for early diagnosis for autism in children. It is also said to be the first one to tell the way of diagnosis even before the emergence of behavioral symptoms are detected. Johnson said that parents should check the level of eye contact with their infants. This would help them to have an idea that whether or not their child is developing autism symptoms.