The number of words children produce (expressive vocabulary) and understand (receptive vocabulary) changes rapidly during early development, partially due to genetic factors. Here, we performed a meta-genome-wide association study of vocabulary acquisition and investigated polygenic overlap with literacy, cognition, developmental phenotypes, and neurodevelopmental conditions, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.  ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Handedness has been studied for association with language-related disorders because of its link with language hemispheric dominance. No clear pattern has emerged, possibly because of small samples, publication bias, and heterogeneous criteria across studies. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

Reading and writing are crucial life skills but roughly one in ten children are affected by dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up to 70%, yet few convincing genetic markers have been found. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Neurodevelopmental disorders are a heterogeneous group of conditions with overlapping symptomatology and fluctuating developmental trajectories that transcend current diagnostic categorisation. There is a need for validated screening instruments which dimensionally assess symptomatology from a holistic, transdiagnostic perspective. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

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

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• 2013
• February 2013

This meta-analysis examined whether there is a sex ratio difference in the risk for impairment among family members of an SLI proband ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

Individuals with dyslexia are at an increased risk for anxiety disorders (e.g. generalized anxiety disorder, stress disorders, panic disorder). ...

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• 2009
• November 2009

In most individuals, language production and visuospatial skills are subserved predominantly by the left and right hemispheres, respectively. ...

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• 2009
• November 2009

Developmental language disorder is a heterogeneous diagnostic category. Little research has compared the long-term outcomes of children with different... ...

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• 2009
• July 2009

Clinical studies of neurodevelopmental outcomes after anesthetic exposure have evaluated a range of outcomes with mixed results. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

When pictures and words are presented serially in an explicit memory task, recall of the pictures is superior. ...

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• 2006
• November 2006

This is the first study to show an association between early language ability and autistic-like traits in adulthood ...

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• 2017
• May 2017