Heritability of Autistic Traits in the General Population [PDF]
To explore genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in autistic traits in early adulthood and to test if there is assortative mating (nonrandom partner choice) for autistic traits in the general population.Twin family study using structural equation modeling.Population-based twin family sample from the Netherlands.Twins aged 18 ...
Hoekstra, Rosa A. +3 more
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No effects of siblings and twin testosterone transfer on autistic traits
Background Having twin and non‐twin siblings might influence autistic traits both prenatally and postnatally. The twin testosterone transfer hypothesis suggests that girls with a twin brother are exposed to higher levels of prenatal testosterone than ...
Melanie M. deWit +3 more
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Negative first impression judgements of autistic children by non-autistic adults
IntroductionAlthough autism inclusion and acceptance has increased in recent years, autistic people continue to face stigmatization, exclusion, and victimization.
Troy Q. Boucher +3 more
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Fetal brain growth and infant autistic traits [PDF]
Abstract Background Structural differences exist in the brains of autistic individuals. To date only a few studies have explored the relationship between fetal brain growth and later infant autistic traits, and some have used fetal head circumference (HC) as a proxy for brain development. These
Ezra Aydin +11 more
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Power and Autistic Traits [PDF]
Autistic traits can help people gain and sustain power, and has probably done so throughout history, says the present paper. A number of testable claims follow from this assumption. First, the powerful should have more autistic traits than others - which they do appear to have.
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Axiom, anguish, and Amazement: How autistic traits modulate emotional mental imagery [PDF]
Cerca con AIRE(opens in a new window)|View at Publisher| Export | Download | Add to List | More... Frontiers in Psychology Volume 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Article number 757 Open Access Axiom, anguish, and Amazement: How autistic traits modulate ...
Claudio eMulatti +4 more
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Prominent autistic traits and subthreshold bipolar/mixed features of depression in severe anorexia nervosa [PDF]
Autistic traits are associated with a burdensome clinical presentation of anorexia nervosa (AN), as is AN with concurrent depression. The aim of the present study was to explore the intertwined association between complex psychopathology combining ...
Anastasia, Annalisa +6 more
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Are autistic traits measured equivalently in individuals with and without an Autism Spectrum Disorder?:An invariance analysis of the Autism Spectrum Quotient Short Form [PDF]
It is common to administer measures of autistic traits to those without autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) with, for example, the aim of understanding autistic personality characteristics in non-autistic individuals. Little research has examined the extent
Aja L. Murray +35 more
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The prevalence of autistic traits in a homeless population [PDF]
Anecdotal evidence suggests that autistic people experience an elevated risk of homelessness, but systematic empirical research on this topic is lacking. As a step towards filling this gap in knowledge, we conducted a preliminary investigation of the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) autism symptoms in a ...
Alasdair Churchard +3 more
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Autistic traits affect interpersonal motor coordination by modulating strategic use of role-based behavior [PDF]
Background: Despite the fact that deficits in social communication and interaction are at the core of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC), no study has yet tested individuals on a continuum from neurotypical development to autism in an on-line, cooperative,
Aglioti, Salvatore Maria +4 more
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