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Exploring face perception in disorders of development: evidence from Williams syndrome and autism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) and autism are characterized by different social phenotypes but have been said to show similar atypicalities of face-processing style.
Riby, Deborah   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Autism and mild epilepsy associated with a de novo missense pathogenic variant in the GTPase effector domain of DNM1

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Dynamin 1 is a GTPase protein involved in synaptic vesicle fission, which facilitates the exocytosis of neurotransmitters necessary for normal signaling. Pathogenic variants in the DNM1 gene are associated with intractable epilepsy, often manifested as infantile spasms at onset, developmental delay, and a movement disorder, and are located in ...
Davide Mei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication as well as repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. The consequences of this disorder for everyday life adaptation are extremely variable.
Hill, E.L.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A phenomenological cartography of misophonia and other forms of sound intolerance

open access: yesiScience, 2023
Summary: People with misophonia have strong aversive reactions to specific “trigger” sounds. Here we challenge this key idea of specificity. Machine learning was used to identify a misophonic profile from a multivariate sound-response pattern. Misophonia
Nora Andermane   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are the “Autistic Traits” and “Broader Autism Phenotype” Concepts Real or Mythical? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The concepts “autistic traits” and “broader autism phenotype” are not officially recognised by the diagnostic authorities. The broader phenotype of autism is regarded as a sub-clinical presentation of behaviours or traits qualitatively similar to ...
Chown, Nick
core   +1 more source

Autistic phenomenology: past, present, and potential future

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
We are now at a transition point in autism conceptualisation, science, and clinical practise, where phenomenology could play a key role. This paper takes a broad view of the history of phenomenological perspectives on the autism concept and how this has ...
Jonathan Green, Nicola Shaughnessy
doaj   +1 more source

Child behavior problems and parental well-being in families of children with autism : the mediating role of mindfulness and acceptance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Few research studies have explored how the level of a child's behavior problems leads to psychological distress in parents of children with autism. The authors explored whether psychological acceptance and mindfulness mediated this relationship between ...
Totsika, Vasiliki   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have a substantial genetic basis, most of the known genetic risk has been traced to rare variants, principally copy number variants (CNVs).
J. Miller   +999 more
core   +2 more sources

Executive dysfunction in autism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
‘Executive function’ is an umbrella term for functions such as planning, working memory, impulse control, inhibition and mental flexibility, as well as for the initiation and monitoring of action. The primacy of executive dysfunction in autism is a topic
Hill, Elisabeth L.
core   +1 more source

Links between looking and speaking in autism and first-degree relatives: insights into the expression of genetic liability to autism

open access: yesMolecular Autism, 2018
Background Rapid automatized naming (RAN; naming of familiar items presented in an array) is a task that taps fundamental neurocognitive processes that are affected in a number of complex psychiatric conditions.
Kritika Nayar   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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