Cognitive deficits in parents from multiple-incidence autism families.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01618.x

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Cognitive deficits in parents from multiple-incidence autism families.

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Nov 1997

Piven J, Palmer P

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This study compares parents of two autistic children with parents of a Down syndrome (DS) proband, on tests of intelligence, reading and spelling, and executive function. Autism parents performed significantly worse than DS parents on performance IQ, a test of executive function, and some reading...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Autistic Disorder
Child
Child, Preschool
Cognition Disorders
Diagnosis, Differential
Educational Status
Fathers
Female
Frontal Lobe
Humans
Language Development
Male
Models, Genetic
Neuropsychological Tests
Occupations
Parents

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