Khan, Yumnah T.
Tsompanidis, Alex
Hymanson, Eden
Wickramanayake, Sehanya
Consortium, APEX
Austin, Topun
Allison, Carrie
Baron-Cohen, Simon
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cambridge Trust
Trinity College
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312)
National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration East of England
National Institute for Health and Care Research
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Brain Injury
Wellcome Trust (214322\Z\18\Z)
Innovative Medicine Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (777394)
Autism Action
Simons Foundation
Templeton World Charitable Fund
Medical Research Council
Article History
Received: 1 June 2026
Accepted: 19 August 2026
First Online: 1 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Written, informed maternal consent was obtained for the infant’s participation in the experiment. The project was ethically approved by the NHS Research Ethic Committee (24/LO/0114).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.