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Social-cognition and the broad autism phenotype: identifying genetically meaningful phenotypes.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Jan 2007
Losh Molly, Piven Joseph
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BACKGROUND: Strong evidence from twin and family studies suggests that the genetic liability to autism may be expressed through personality and language characteristics qualitatively similar, but more subtly expressed than those defining the full syndrome. This study examined behavioral features of this 'broad autism phenotype' (BAP) in relation to performance on a measure of social-cognition in an attempt to...
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