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Age, Race, and Ethnicity of Maternal Grandparents in Autism Spectrum Disorder, a California Multigenerational Study

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigated associations between maternal grandparents' age and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in grandchildren, exploring differences by race/ethnicity. In a multigenerational California birth cohort study including 1,743,998 and 1,630,722 mother–child pairs (with 27,975 and 25,816 ASD cases, respectively), we examined ASD risk by ...
Ting Chow   +5 more
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Distinct Empathy Profiles in Autism and Social Anxiety: A Comparative Study

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined cognitive and affective empathy in individuals with autism spectrum condition (ASC), social anxiety (SA), and those without these conditions. A total of 105 university students (mean age = 24.2 years) were divided into three groups: ASC (n = 34), SA (n = 38), and controls (n = 33).
Sigal Tikochinsky   +2 more
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The Role of the Brain's Pragmatic Language Network in Reading Comprehension in Autistic Children

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One of the earliest and commonly reported symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a delay in language development. Such delay may sometimes accompany deficits which can have a long‐term impact on reading comprehension. It is frequently reported that autistic children exhibit significant difficulties in pragmatics, which is the ...
Elizabeth Valles‐Capetillo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of a modified version of the switching verbal fluency test for the assessment of cognitive flexibility

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia
Objective: Verbal fluency tests are widely used for the assessment of executive functions. However, traditional versions of the test depend on several cognitive factors beyond these components.
Jonas Jardim de Paula   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atypical Scene‐Selectivity in the Retrosplenial Complex in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A small behavioral literature on individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has shown that they can be impaired when navigating using map‐based strategies (i.e., memory‐guided navigation), but not during visually‐guided navigation. Meanwhile, there is neuroimaging evidence in typically developing (TD) individuals demonstrating that the ...
Andrew S. Persichetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuropsychological dysfunction related to earlier occupational exposure to mercury vapor

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2007
We assessed the neuropsychological test performances of 26 patients (mean age = 41.5 ± 6.1 years; mean years of education = 9.8 ± 1.8; 20 males) diagnosed with chronic occupational mercurialism who were former workers at a fluorescent lamp factory.
E.C. Zachi   +3 more
doaj  

An Autistic “Linguatype”? Neologisms, New Words, and New Insights

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this commentary, we present new ideas about autistic neologisms. This essay has two primary goals. First, we argue that an autistic predilection to form neologisms generates intriguing new hypotheses about language in autism, including the possibility that a tendency to use neologisms could be a featural element of an autistic “linguatype” (
Emily Zane, Rhiannon J. Luyster
wiley   +1 more source

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