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Sex Differences And Within-Family Associations In The Broad Autism Phenotype, Jessica Klusek, M Losh, G Martin
Sex Differences And Within-Family Associations In The Broad Autism Phenotype, Jessica Klusek, M Losh, G Martin
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Social Communication And Theory Of Mind In Boys With Autism And Fragile X Syndrome, Molly Losh, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Abigail L. Hogan-Brown, John Sideris
Social Communication And Theory Of Mind In Boys With Autism And Fragile X Syndrome, Molly Losh, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Abigail L. Hogan-Brown, John Sideris
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Impairments in the social use of language, or pragmatics, constitute a core characteristic of autism. Problems with pragmatic language have also been documented in fragile X syndrome (FXS), a monogenic condition that is the most common known genetic cause of autism. Evidence suggests that social cognitive ability, or theory of mind, may also be impaired in both conditions, and in autism, may importantly relate to pragmatic language ability. Given the substantial overlap observed in autism and FXS, this study aimed to better define those social-communicative phenotypes that overlap in these two conditions by comparing pragmatic language ability and theory of …
Social Communication And Theory Of Mind In Boys With Autism And Fragile X Syndrome, Jessica Klusek
Social Communication And Theory Of Mind In Boys With Autism And Fragile X Syndrome, Jessica Klusek
Faculty Publications
Impairments in the social use of language, or pragmatics, constitute a core characteristic of autism. Problems with pragmatic language have also been documented in fragile X syndrome (FXS), a monogenic condition that is the most common known genetic cause of autism. Evidence suggests that social cognitive ability, or theory of mind, may also be impaired in both conditions, and in autism, may importantly relate to pragmatic language ability. Given the substantial overlap observed in autism and FXS, this study aimed to better define those social-communicative phenotypes that overlap in these two conditions by comparing pragmatic language ability and theory of …