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The broader cognitive phenotype of autism in parents: how specific is the tendency for local processing and executive dysfunction?
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Jun 2006
Bölte Sven, Poustka Fritz
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BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the tendency for local processing style ('weak central coherence') and executive dysfunction in parents of subjects with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with parents of individuals with early onset schizophrenia (EOS) and mental retardation (MR). METHOD: Sixty-two parents of subjects with ASD, 36 parents of subjects with EOS and 30 parents of...
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