This study investigates whether autistic participants are able to respond in a similar way neurotypical (NT) novel visual irony task presented an app format, and their verbal abilities can affect its comprehension. Twenty British children between eight 16 years old — nine of them with diagnosis Autism Spectrum Disorders, ASD, 11 NT completed the tasks. A second group also emerged due IQ. Autist...

BACKGROUND Despite extensive efforts, the causes of autism remain unknown. Advancing paternal age has been associated with various neurodevelopmental disorders. We aim to investigate three unresolved questions: (a) What is the association between paternal age and autism spectrum disorders (ASD)?; (b) Does paternal age moderate the genetic and environmental etiological factors for ASD? (c) Does ...

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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are persistent and lifelong conditions. Despite this, almost all twin studies focus on childhood. This twin study investigated the stability of autistic traits from childhood to early adulthood and explored the degree to which any stability could be explained by genetic or environmental factors. METHODS Parents of over 2500 twin pairs completed quest...

The article presents a review. Information on metabolism of vitamin D and its significance in the formation brain prenatal postnatal periods is given. An up-to-date data regarding effect neurogenesis, activity neurotransmitter systems, cognitive status quality emotional state children adolescents analyzed. role pathogenesis autistic spectrum disorders, resistant forms epilepsy, deviant variants...

AIM We undertook this study to explore the degree of impairment in movement skills in children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and a wide IQ range. METHOD Movement skills were measured using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) in a large, well defined, population-derived group of children (n=101: 89 males,12 females; mean age 11y 4mo, SD 10mo; range 10y-14y 3mo) with c...

BACKGROUND joint attention in children with autistic spectrum disorders. AIM to evaluate joint attention ability in subjects with autistic spectrum disorders in different contexts and with different interlocutors. METHOD twenty subjects with ages between four and twelve years, diagnosed with autism or asperger syndrome (DSM-IV-TR, 2002) by a multidisciplinary team, with no associated disord...