
She may look like she's had an accident with a bowl of spaghetti.

But five-month-old Almita Knutsson's unusual head wear has a far more serious purpose.
From the 128 probes attached to her scalp monitoring electromagnetic brain activity, scientists will gather information they hope could lead to a breakthrough in the understanding of autism.

The Baby Lab project studies up to 20 children at a time, examining what is going on inside their heads as they are shown a variety of different objects or colours.
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