The language we use shifts over time and the words we use are important. At CliniKids, we are committed to using language that is neuroaffirming and preferred by the autistic community. ...

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Childhood aggressive behavior (AGG) has a substantial heritability of around 50%. Here we present a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of childhood AGG, in which all phenotype measures across childhood ages from multiple assessors were included. We analyzed phenotype assessments for a total of 328 935 observations from 87 485 children aged between 1.5 and 18 years, while accounting for sample overlap. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

Economic preferences may be shaped by exposure to sex hormones around birth. Prior studies of economic preferences and numerous other phenotypic characteristics use digit ratios (2D : 4D), a purported proxy for prenatal testosterone exposure, whose validity has recently been questioned. We use direct measures of neonatal sex hormones (testosterone and oestrogen), measured from umbilical cord blood (n = 200) to investigate their association with later-life economic preferences (risk preferences, competitiveness, time preferences and social preferences) in an Australian cohort (Raine Study Gen2). ...

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• 2020
• December 2020

Ratio of second digit length to fourth digit length (2D:4D) has been extensively used in human and experimental research as a marker of fetal sex steroid... ...

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• 2015
• February 2015

An apparent paradox in the field of neuropsychology is that people with atypical cerebral lateralization do not appear to suffer any cognitive disadvantage,... ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

Prenatal exposure to testosterone is known to affect fetal brain maturation and later neurocognitive function. ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between diet during the first 3 years of life and cognitive outcomes at 10 years of age. ...

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• 2013
• July 2013

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and educational outcomes. ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

Storme-Louise Will SW Therapy Assistant and JASPER Practitioner Storme has worked as a Therapy Assistant with autistic children and their families ...

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What does the term neurodiversity mean? Neurodiversity refers to the different ways that people experience and interact with the world around them. ...

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