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Genetic Links for Psychiatric Disorders
Five psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, autism and depression, appear to share some genetic underpinnings, according to a new study. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Animals Help Children With Autism Interact Better
Animals help children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) interact better; they show increased positive social behaviors when an animal is present. The finding came from a new study by researchers, led by Marguerite E O'Haire, from the University of Queesland, Australia and was published in the journal PLOS ONE. Kids between the ages of five and thirteen with ASD were involved in the investigation. The experts analyzed their interaction with adults and with peers who were developing normally, while two guinea pigs were present... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

Shared Genes May Link ADHD, Autism and Depression
Largest study of its kind also found ties to schizophrenia, bipolar disorders (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Five Major Psychiatric Disorders Share Genetic Link
Five common psychiatric disorders - bipolar disorder, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia - have been found to have the same genetic risk factors. Specifically, two variations in genes play a role in the balance of calcium in brain cells and are a common factor in a few of these disorders, and may be a goal for new treatments... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news

Study Finds Genetic Risk Factors Shared by 5 Psychiatric Disorders
A large genetic study has identified common glitches involved in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By GINA KOLATA Tags: Genetics and Heredity DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Schizophrenia Mental Health and Disorders Bipolar Disorder Autism Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Source Type: news

Toxic metal levels linked to autism
PHOENIX, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Children with autism had higher levels of several heavy metals in their blood and urine compared to typical children, U.S. researchers reported. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Five disorders from depression to autism share a genetic link, which could pave way for new treatments
Autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia share a common genetic root, say scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Five psychiatric disorders 'linked'
Autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia all share several genetic risk factors, according to a major study. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study points to "shared biology" between 5 psychiatric disorders
Autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia subject of study that may change how we understand, treat illness (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

5 Psych Disorders Have Common Genetics (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia share common genetic underpinnings -- despite differences in symptoms and course of disease, researchers discovered. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Five 'mental disorders' may have genetic links
Conclusion This study suggests that autism, ADHD, clinical depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia may have common genetic risk factors. The five conditions examined in this study were selected on the basis of the availability of a large genetic data set. It is unclear at this stage whether other relatively common mental health conditions (such as anxiety disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder) are also affected by these genetic variations, or whether there is overlap with other conditions. Perhaps most importantly, these variations cannot on their own predict or explain the development of autism, ADHD, depressi...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Mental health Source Type: news

The Presence Of Animals Increases Positive Social Behaviors In Children With Autism
The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Marguerite E O'Haire and colleagues from the University of Queensland, Australia. The authors compared how 5-13 year old children with ASD interacted with adults and typically-developing peers in the presence of two guinea pigs compared to toys... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

EEGs Of Autistic Children Show Structural Differences In Brain Connections, May Explain Features Of Autism
A look at how the brain processes information finds a distinct pattern in children with autism spectrum disorders. Using EEGs to track the brain's electrical cross-talk, researchers from Boston Children's Hospital have found a structural difference in brain connections. Compared with neurotypical children, those with autism have multiple redundant connections between neighboring brain areas at the expense of long-distance links. The study, using a "network analysis" like that used to study airlines or electrical grids, may help in understanding some classic behaviors in autism... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

Five psychiatric disorders genetically linked
Study shows potential for new class of psychotropic drugsRelated items from OnMedicaFamily link between autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia New gene identified linked to autismPush for more genetic testing on the NHSGuidance issued on mental healthMental and physical healthcare should be integrated (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 28, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Psychiatric Disorders Linked Genetically
Five psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, autism and depression, appear to share some genetic underpinnings, according to a new study. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 27, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Brain Connections Differ In Kids With Autism
Kids with autism have a structural difference in brain connections compared to those without the disorder. The finding, published in BMC Medicine, came from scientists from Boston Children's Hospital who used EEGs to track the electrical cross-talk of the brain. Previous research showed that the brains of adults with autism are "wired" differently from people without the disorder, and this abnormal pattern of connectivity may be the reason for the social impairments experienced by those with autism... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

Ultrasound shows autism risk after birth
Low-birth-weight newborns who have enlarged ventricles on cranial ultrasound (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 27, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Taking epilepsy drug led to ALL FIVE of my children having conditions from autism to deafness
Emma Murphy, from Whitefield in Greater Manchester, is now calling for a public inquiry into the drug Epilim and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of taking the anti-seizure drug to young women. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blog Post » The Four Kingdoms of Autism
Dr. Insel describes how different perspectives separate the communities interested in autism, and suggests the common ground that would provide an avenue to move forward. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - February 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Insel Source Type: news

Identifying Autism Risk In Newborns
Low-birth-weight babies with a particular brain abnormality are at greater risk for autism, according to a new study that could provide doctors a signpost for early detection of the still poorly understood disorder. Led by Michigan State University, the study found that low-birth-weight newborns were seven times more likely to be diagnosed with autism later in life if an ultrasound taken just after birth showed they had enlarged ventricles, cavities in the brain that store spinal fluid. The results appear in the Journal of Pediatrics... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

Several Toxic Metals Found At A Higher Level In Children With Autism
In a recently published study in the journal Biological Trace Element Research, Arizona State University researchers report that children with autism had higher levels of several toxic metals in their blood and urine compared to typical children. The study involved 55 children with autism ages 5 -16 years compared to 44 controls of similar age and gender. The autism group had significantly higher levels of lead in their red blood cells (+41 percent) and significantly higher urinary levels of lead (+74 percent), thallium (+77 percent), tin (+115 percent), and tungsten (+44 percent)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

'Network' analysis of the brain may explain features of autism
(Boston Children's Hospital) A look at how the brain processes information finds distinct pattern in autistic children. Using EEGs to track the brain's electrical cross-talk, Boston Children's researchers found structural difference in brain connections. Compared with neurotypical children, those with autism have multiple redundant connections between neighboring brain areas at expense of long-distance links. The study, using "network analysis" like with airlines or electrical grids, may help in understanding some classic autistic behaviors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Children with autism show increased positive social behaviors when animals are present
(Public Library of Science) The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders, according to research published Feb. 27 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Marguerite E. O'Haire and colleagues from the University of Queensland, Australia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Neural connectivity abnormalities in autism: Insights from the tuberous sclerosis model
Charlotte Tye and Patrick Bolton comment on a study showing that neural networks differ in tuberous sclerosis patients with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and describe how the results support the theory of altered neural circuitry in ASD. (Source: BMC Medicine)
Source: BMC Medicine - February 27, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Charlotte TyePatrick Bolton Source Type: research

Brain functional networks in syndromic and non-syndromic autism: a graph theoretical study of EEG connectivity
Graph theory measurements in autistic patients with and without tuberous sclerosis complex reveal more short-range neural connections compared with non-autistic controls, offering mechanistic insight into the neurobiological mechanisms of autism. (Source: BMC Medicine)
Source: BMC Medicine - February 27, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Jurriaan PetersMaxime TaquetClemente VegaShafali JesteIvan Sanchez FernandezJacqueline TanCharles NelsonMustafa SahinSimon Warfield Source Type: research

Dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders addressed by Lindamood-Bell, upcoming seminars
Esteemed learning centers Lindamood-Bell are offering parents and educators to learn about their groundbreaking programs for reading, comprehension, spelling, and (Source: Monsters and Critics Consumerhealth News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Consumerhealth News - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medical Myth Busting - Journal of Medical Toxicology Debunks Treatment...
The Journal of Medical Toxicology, the official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology, publishes a study evaluating the effectiveness of an unproven topical treatment for autism in its...(PRWeb February 26, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10468870.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 26, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Can Therapy Dogs Help Kids With Autism?
Reports show promise, but more research is needed before recommendations are made (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reorganization of Circuits Underlying Cerebellar Modulation of Prefrontal Cortical Dopamine in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Abstract Imaging, clinical, and pre-clinical studies have provided ample evidence for a cerebellar involvement in cognitive brain function including cognitive brain disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia. We previously reported that cerebellar activity modulates dopamine release in the mouse medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) via two distinct pathways: (1) cerebellum to mPFC via dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and (2) cerebellum to mPFC via glutamatergic projections from the mediodorsal and ventrolateral thalamus (ThN md and vl). The present study compared functional adaptations of ...
Source: Cerebellum - February 26, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Rogers TD, Dickson PE, McKimm E, Heck DH, Goldowitz D, Blaha CD, Mittleman G Tags: Cerebellum Source Type: research

Book review: Autism Spectrum Disorders. Amara David G, Dawson Geraldine, Geschwind Daniel H (Eds.). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2011
(Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A)
Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A - February 26, 2013 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Gene S. Fisch Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

Co‐occurrence of autism, childhood psychosis, and intellectual disability associated with a de novo 3q29 microdeletion
We report on detailed clinical findings for this patient with a de novo 3q29 deletion who, as a young child, developed a very rare overlap of symptoms of both autism and early onset psychosis. His ASD was first diagnosed at the age of 4 years and his psychotic symptoms began at 5 years old. This is only the second case reported thus far of this rare event of co‐occurring autism and very early onset psychosis in a child with a 3q29 deletion. It is also the earliest case of a child with autism developing comorbid psychosis—manifesting by the age of 5 years. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: American Journal of Med...
Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A - February 26, 2013 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Angela Sagar, Jeffrey R. Bishop, D. Clare Tessman, Steve Guter, Christa L. Martin, Edwin H. Cook Tags: Clinical Report Source Type: research

Is Being Female Protective Against Autism?
The typical verbiage about autism, in addition to the oft-cited "1 in 88," is that four or five (or six, depending on whom you consult) times as many males as females have autism. Researchers, led by Harvard instructor Elise Robinson and publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, report that they've found the key to this ratio: that some kind of 'protection' of being female 'mutes' genetic autism risk factors in girls. This effect of being female, we might infer from the current findings, is so powerful that it takes a tsunami of genetic risk to swamp the female factor and produce an autistic girl. (...
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 25, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Willingham Source Type: news

Ultrasound reveals autism risk at birth
(Michigan State University) Low-birth-weight babies with a particular brain abnormality are at greater risk for autism, according to a new study that could provide doctors a signpost for early detection of the still poorly understood disorder. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Cleveland Clinic researcher receives grant to fund autism research
(Cleveland Clinic) The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded $1.97 million for innovative autism research to Bruce Trapp, Ph.D., Chairman of Neurosciences at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute. The grant supports a promising new avenue for understanding the development of autism spectrum disorder with Trapp's research of astrocytes, the most abundant human brain cell. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Higher levels of several toxic metals found in children with autism
(Arizona State University) Arizona State University researchers have found significantly higher levels of toxic metals in children with autism, compared to typical children. They hypothesize that reducing early exposure to toxic metals may help lessen symptoms of autism, though they say this hypotheses needs further examination. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Childhood clumsiness and peer victimization: a case--control study of psychiatric patients
Conclusion: Poor gross motor skills constitute a strong and independent risk factor for peer victimization in childhood, regardless of sex, childhood psychiatric care and diagnosis. (Source: BMC Psychiatry - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Psychiatry - Latest articles - February 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Susanne BejerotMats Humble Source Type: research

An investigation of social factors related to online mentalizing in a human‐robot competitive game
In this study, we found that behavioral entropy (which indicates the randomness of decision making) was an efficient behavioral index for online mentalizing in a human‐human competitive game. Further participants played the game with a humanoid robot; the results indicated that the entropy was significantly higher in participants whose gaze followed the robot's head turn than in those who did not, although the explicit human‐likeness of the robot did not correlate with behavioral entropy. These results implied that mentalizing could be divided into two separate processes: an explicit, logical reasoning process and an i...
Source: Japanese Psychological Research - February 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hideyuki Takahashi, Chinatsu Saito, Hiroyuki Okada, Takashi Omori Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Cognitive granularity: A new perspective over autistic and non‐autistic styles of development
Abstract Individuals with autism generally show better performance on operating physical objects than in communicating with people. However, we lack a plausible model of autism that explains why their physical and social capabilities develop in separate and unbalanced ways. This paper investigates this question from the viewpoint of “cognitive granularity,” which refers to the size of the basic elements operable in one's cognitive system. While it is constrained by one's perceptual and motor resolution, cognitive granularity determines the level of abstraction at which one can efficiently predict and control the physic...
Source: Japanese Psychological Research - February 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hideki Kozima Tags: Review Source Type: research

Coping humor and family functioning in parents of children with disabilities.
Conclusions: Contributions of the study, limitations, and implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)
Source: Rehabilitation Psychology - February 25, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rieger, Alicja; McGrail, J. Patrick Source Type: research

Editorial
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Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Lecavalier, L. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Emotional recognition in autism spectrum conditions from voices and faces
The present study reports on a new vocal emotion recognition task and assesses whether people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) perform differently from typically developed individuals on tests of emotional identification from both the face and the voice. The new test of vocal emotion contained trials in which the vocal emotion of the sentence were congruent, incongruent, or neutral with respect to the semantic content. We also included a condition in which there was no semantic content (an ‘mmm’ was uttered using an emotional tone). Performance was compared between 11 adults with ASC and 14 typically devel...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Stewart, M. E., McAdam, C., Ota, M., Peppe, S., Cleland, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A nationwide survey on quality of life and associated factors of adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders
The psychosocial outcomes of individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) appear to be diverse and are often poor relative to their intellectual or language level. To identify predictive variables that are potentially ameliorable by therapeutic intervention, this study investigated self-reported psychosocial quality of life and associated factors for adults with HFASD. All participants (n = 154) had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, were over 18 years of age, lived in the community, and had used one or more support services during the survey period. The results demonstrated that psychosocial qu...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Kamio, Y., Inada, N., Koyama, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Enhancing parental well-being and coping through a family-centred short course for Iranian parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder
Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) generally experience high levels of stress and report poorer emotional well-being and family functioning compared to parents of children with other disabilities. They also tend to rely on emotional rather than problem-focused coping strategies. Seven group-based sessions were offered to two groups of parents of children with ASD in Iran (37 in all). In addition to providing information about ASD emphasis was placed on families sharing their experiences and learning from one another. A pre-post, cross-over design was used to evaluate the specific impact of the course....
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Samadi, S. A., McConkey, R., Kelly, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Comparison of physical activity between children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developing children
Regular physical activity is important for promoting health and well-being; however, physical activity behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have received little attention. We compared physical activity levels among 53 children with ASD and 58 typically developing children aged 3–11 years who participated in the Children’s Activity and Meal Patterns Study (CHAMPS). After adjustment for age and sex the amount of time spent daily in moderate and vigorous activity was similar in children with ASD (50.0 minutes/day and typically developing children 57.1 minutes/day). However, parents reported t...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Bandini, L. G., Gleason, J., Curtin, C., Lividini, K., Anderson, S. E., Cermak, S. A., Maslin, M., Must, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in individuals diagnosed as children with atypical autism: A Danish register study based on hospital diagnoses
The purpose of this study is to compare the prevalence and types of diseases (International Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, 10th Edition codes K20–K93) relating to the gastrointestinal tract in a clinical sample of 89 individuals diagnosed as children with atypical autism/pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified with 258 controls from the general population. All participants were screened through the nationwide Danish National Hospital Register. The average observation time was 32.9 years, and mean age at the end of the observation period was 48.5 years. Among the 89 cases with aty...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Mouridsen, S. E., Isager, T., Rich, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Early markers of autism spectrum disorders in infants and toddlers prospectively identified in the Social Attention and Communication Study
The objective in the current study was to determine the most discriminating and predictive markers of autism spectrum disorders used in the Social Attention and Communication Study at 12, 18 and 24 months of age, so that these could be used to identify children with autism spectrum disorders with greater accuracy. The percentage of ‘yes/no’ responses for each behavioural marker was compared between children with autistic disorder (n = 39), autism spectrum disorder (n = 50) and developmental and/or language delay (n = 20) from 12 to 24 months, with a logistic regression also conducted at 24 months. Across all ag...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Barbaro, J., Dissanayake, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Evaluation of the revised algorithm of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) in the diagnostic investigation of high-functioning children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a semi-structured, standardized assessment designed for use in diagnostic evaluation of individuals with suspected autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The ADOS has been effective in categorizing children who definitely have autism or not, but has lower specificity and sometimes sensitivity for distinguishing children with milder ASDs. Revised ADOS algorithms have been recently developed. The goals of this study were to analyze the predictive validity of different ADOS algorithms for module 3, in particular for high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. The participants were ...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Kamp-Becker, I., Ghahreman, M., Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, M., Peters, M., Remschmidt, H., Becker, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Outcomes in adults with autism spectrum disorders: a historical perspective
In this review, we examine the ways in which researchers have defined successful adult outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) from the first systematic follow-up reports to the present day. The earliest outcome studies used vague and unreliable outcome criteria, and institutionalization was a common marker of poor outcomes. In the past decade, researchers have begun to standardize the measurement of adult outcomes with specific criteria based on friendships, employment, and living arrangements. Although nearly all of these studies have agreed that the majority of adults with ASD have poor outcomes, ...
Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Henninger, N. A., Taylor, J. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Impaired and superior mirror symmetry perception in autism
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Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Falter, C. M. Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Lay Abstracts
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Source: Autism - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Tags: Lay Abstracts Source Type: research