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Sex differences in placenta-derived markers and later autistic traits in children

Autism is more prevalent in males and males on average score higher on measures of autistic traits. Placental function is affected significantly by the sex of the fetus. It is unclear if sex differences in pla...

A. Tsompanidis, L. Blanken, Z. A. Broere-Brown, B. B. van Rijn… in Translational Psychiatry (2023)

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Autistic People’s Perinatal Experiences II: A Survey of Childbirth and Postnatal Experiences

Qualitative accounts indicate there are sensory and communication related barriers to adequate childbirth and postnatal healthcare for autistic people. However, little quantitative work has explored the topic....

S. Hampton, C. Allison, S. Baron-Cohen… in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2023)

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Publisher Correction: Brain charts for the human lifespan

R. A. I. Bethlehem, J. Seidlitz, S. R. White, J. W. Vogel, K. M. Anderson… in Nature (2022)

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Evaluation of data imputation strategies in complex, deeply-phenotyped data sets: the case of the EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project

An increasing number of large-scale multi-modal research initiatives has been conducted in the typically develo** population, e.g. Dev. Cogn. Neur. 32:43-54, 2018; PLoS Med. 12(3):e1001779, 2015; Elam and Van E...

A. Llera, M. Brammer, B. Oakley, J. Tillmann, M. Zabihi… in BMC Medical Research Methodology (2022)

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Levels of Self-representation and Their Sociocognitive Correlates in Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adults

The cognitive representation of oneself is central to other sociocognitive processes, including relations with others. It is reflected in faster, more accurate processing of self-relevant information, a “self-pri...

R. L. Moseley, C. H. Liu, N. J. Gregory… in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2022)

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Brain charts for the human lifespan

Over the past few decades, neuroimaging has become a ubiquitous tool in basic research and clinical studies of the human brain. However, no reference standards currently exist to quantify individual difference...

R. A. I. Bethlehem, J. Seidlitz, S. R. White, J. W. Vogel, K. M. Anderson… in Nature (2022)

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Correction to: The relevance of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting past-year and lifetime suicidality in autistic adults

R. L. Moseley, N. J. Gregory, P. Smith, C. Allison, S. Cassidy… in Molecular Autism (2022)

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The relevance of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting past-year and lifetime suicidality in autistic adults

While there are known risk factors for suicidality in autistic adults, these are often unconnected from theoretical frameworks that might explain why risk is elevated and guide clinical interventions. The present...

R. L. Moseley, N. J. Gregory, P. Smith, C. Allison, S. Cassidy… in Molecular Autism (2022)

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Preference for biological motion is reduced in ASD: implications for clinical trials and the search for biomarkers

The neurocognitive mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain unclear. Progress has been largely hampered by small sample sizes, variable age ranges and resulting inconsistent findings. There ...

L. Mason, F. Shic, T. Falck-Ytter, B. Chakrabarti, T. Charman, E. Loth… in Molecular Autism (2021)

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Maternal steroid levels and the autistic traits of the mother and infant

Prenatal sex steroids have been associated with autism in several clinical and epidemiological studies. It is unclear how this relates to the autistic traits of the mother and how early this can be detected du...

A. Tsompanidis, E. Aydin, E. Padaigaitė, G. Richards, C. Allison… in Molecular Autism (2021)

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Links between self-injury and suicidality in autism

Autistic individuals without intellectual disability are at heightened risk of self-injury, and appear to engage in it for similar reasons as non-autistic people. A wide divergence of autistic perspectives on ...

R. L. Moseley, N. J. Gregory, P. Smith, C. Allison, S. Baron-Cohen in Molecular Autism (2020)

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A comparative study of autistic and non-autistic women’s experience of motherhood

Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental difference and disability, yet there is limited research examining parenting in autistic mothers.

A. L. Pohl, S. K. Crockford, M. Blakemore, C. Allison, S. Baron-Cohen in Molecular Autism (2020)

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Autistic traits, resting-state connectivity, and absolute pitch in professional musicians: shared and distinct neural features

Recent studies indicate increased autistic traits in musicians with absolute pitch and a higher proportion of absolute pitch in people with autism. Theoretical accounts connect both of these with shared neural...

T. Wenhart, R. A. I. Bethlehem, S. Baron-Cohen, E. Altenmüller in Molecular Autism (2019)

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A ‘choice’, an ‘addiction’, a way ‘out of the lost’: exploring self-injury in autistic people without intellectual disability

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) describes a phenomenon where individuals inflict deliberate pain and tissue damage to their bodies. Self-injurious behaviour is especially prevalent across the autism spectrum, ...

R. L. Moseley, N. J. Gregory, P. Smith, C. Allison, S. Baron-Cohen in Molecular Autism (2019)

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Genome-wide meta-analysis of cognitive empathy: heritability, and correlates with sex, neuropsychiatric conditions and cognition

We conducted a genome-wide meta-analysis of cognitive empathy using the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ Test (Eyes Test) in 88,056 research volunteers of European Ancestry (44,574 females and 43,482 males) from...

V Warrier, K L Grasby, F Uzefovsky, R Toro, P Smith, B Chakrabarti… in Molecular Psychiatry (2018)

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Sex differences in frontal lobe connectivity in adults with autism spectrum conditions

Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are more prevalent in males than females. The biological basis of this difference remains unclear. It has been postulated that one of the primary causes of ASC is a partial dis...

E A Zeestraten, M C Gudbrandsen, E Daly, M T de Schotten… in Translational Psychiatry (2017)

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Intranasal oxytocin enhances intrinsic corticostriatal functional connectivity in women

Oxytocin may influence various human behaviors and the connectivity across subcortical and cortical networks. Previous oxytocin studies are male biased and often constrained by task-based inferences. Here, we ...

R A I Bethlehem, M V Lombardo, M-C Lai, B Auyeung… in Translational Psychiatry (2017)

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Brief Report: The Go/No-Go Task Online: Inhibitory Control Deficits in Autism in a Large Sample

Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC, also referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorders) entail difficulties with inhibition: inhibiting action, inhibiting one’s own point of view, and inhibiting distractions that may ...

F. Uzefovsky, C. Allison, P. Smith… in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2016)