Front Matter

Autism and Environmental Factors, First Edition. Omar Bagasra and Cherilyn Heggen.
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Cerebrum

Hypothalamus

Corpus callosum

Thalamus

Amygdala

Pons

Cerebellum

Medulla

oblongata

Spinal

cord

Figure 1.8 An illustration of a typical adult human brain structure. Source: Adapted from
https://www.khemcorp.com/autism‐and‐social‐anxiety‐research‐summary‐and‐science/.