This is the first study demonstrating facial hypermasculinisation in ASD and its relationship to social-communication difficulties in prepubescent children ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Infants with Tuberous sclerosis complex demonstrated reduced interhemispheric alpha phase coherence compared to controls at 12 months of age ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

This qualitative study of parental interviews provided a preliminary examination of whether behaviours consistent with the BAP may have been exacerbated by... ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

Impairment in social motivation (SM) has been suggested as a key mechanism underlying social communication deficits observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the factors accounting for variability in SM remain poorly described and understood. The current study aimed to characterize the relationship between parental and proband SM. Data from 2,759 children with ASD and their parents from the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) project was included in this study. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Based on population data from 5 countries, the heritability of ASD was estimated to be approximately 80% ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

This study provided evidence for high rate of alternative medicine use in an Australian paediatric ASD population, similar to other countries. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

The Australian Autism Biobank was initiated to establish a large-scale repository of biological samples and detailed clinical information about children diagnosed with ASD ...

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• 2018
• August 2018

Latest news Join the conversation The Autism Research Team, based in Western Australia at the Telethon Kids Institute, investigates the genetic and ...

The present estimates of relative recurrence risks for autism spectrum disorder and childhood autism will assist clinicians and families in understanding autism risk ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

The aim of the paper is to outline the future of early identification and intervention of ASD and the research goals to be addressed to achieve this vision. ...

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• 2017
• June 2017