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Fetal brain growth and infant autistic traits [PDF]
Molecular Autism, 2021 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.
Ezra Aydin +11 more
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No effects of siblings and twin testosterone transfer on autistic traits
JCPP Advances, 2022 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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Autism Research, Volume 15, Issue 12, Page 2381-2398, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Family quality of life (FQoL) outcomes collected during the first year of COVID‐19 has been combined with 2018 data to estimate the outbreak's impact on parental outcomes on a sample of 230 families with syndromic autistic children and those with intellectual disabilities (IDs).
Corneliu Bolbocean +4 more
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Heritability of Autistic Traits in the General Population [PDF]
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2007 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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Autism Research, Volume 15, Issue 12, Page 2265-2295, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Compared to neurotypical peers, autistic adolescents show greater cognitive inflexibility (CI) which manifests at the behavioral and cognitive level and potentially increases vulnerability for the development of internalizing (INT) and externalizing (EXT) symptoms.
Jiedi Lei +5 more
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Reduced social attention in autism is magnified by perceptual load in naturalistic environments
Autism Research, Volume 15, Issue 12, Page 2310-2323, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) describe differences in both social cognition and sensory processing, but little is known about the causal relationship between these disparate functional domains. In the present study, we sought to understand how a core characteristic of autism—reduced social attention—is impacted by the ...
Amanda J. Haskins +5 more
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The prevalence of autistic traits in a homeless population [PDF]
Autism, 2018 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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Power and Autistic Traits [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 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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A clustering approach for autistic trait classification [PDF]
Informatics for Health and Social Care, 2020 Machine learning (ML) techniques can be utilized by physicians, clinicians, as well as other users, to discover Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms based on historical cases and controls to enhance autism screening efficiency and accuracy. The aim of this study is to improve the performance of detecting ASD traits by reducing data dimensionality ...
Joan Lu +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Background Hikikomori is an extreme state of social withdrawal, originally identified in Japan but more recently recognised internationally. Many countries imposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic which may have had a detrimental impact on those
Mark Brosnan, Jeff Gavin
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