iCARE provides a unique, unprecedented resource in autism research that will significantly enhance the ability to detect environmental and genetic... ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

These data provide the first evidence for a broad autism phenotype expressed in a physical characteristic ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

In the first multinational study of birth seasonality of autism spectrum disorder, there was evidence supporting the presence of seasonal trends in Finland and Sweden ...

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• 2019
• August 2019

The study of temperament in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has the potential to provide insight regarding variability in the onset, nature, and course of both core and co-morbid symptoms. The aim of this systematic review was to integrate existing findings concerning temperament in the context of ASD. Searches of Medline, PsychInfo and Scopus databases identified 64 relevant studies. As a group, children and adolescents with ASD appear to be temperamentally different from both typically developing and other clinical non-ASD groups, characterized by higher negative affectivity, lower surgency, and lower effortful control at a higher-order level. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

The etiology of autism spectrum disorders is unknown but there are claims of increasing prevalence in many countries. ...

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• 2010
• October 2010

This article tests the hypothesis that individuals with autism poorly encode verbal information to the semantic level of processing, instead paying greater... ...

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• 2007
• May 2007

The broad autism phenotype commonly refers to sub-clinical levels of autistic-like behaviour and cognition presented in biological relatives of autistic people. In a recent study, we reported findings suggesting that the broad autism phenotype may also be expressed in facial morphology, specifically increased facial masculinity. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

This research explored the relationship between the broader autism phenotype (BAP) among parents, an index of genetic liability for ASD, and proband... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• April 2013

Helen Emma Andrew Leonard Glasson Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew HM EJ AJ MBChB MPH BPsych BSc (Hons) PhD PhD Principal Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at Telethon Kids Institute; ...

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Investigate whether impairments in the ability to execute flexible goal-directed actions may be an underlying feature in ASD contributing to these symptoms ...

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• 2016
• December 2016

Motor features of autism have long been acknowledged by clinicians, researchers, and community stakeholders. Current DSM-5 and ICD-11 guidelines allow clinicians to assign a co-occurring diagnosis of developmental [motor] coordination disorder for autistic individuals with significant motor problems. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023

This study examines the association of autism spectrum traits, depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviour in individuals with psychotic experiences ...

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• 2018
• May 2018