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| R A HoekstraSummaryAffiliation: Milton Keynes Country: UK Publications
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Genetic architecture of verbal abilities in children and adolescentsRosa A Hoekstra
Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dev Sci 12:1041-53. 2009..In addition to a shared set of genes that influenced all phenotypes, there were also genetic influences specific to the different verbal phenotypes...
Association between extreme autistic traits and intellectual disability: insights from a general population twin studyR A Hoekstra
Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Br J Psychiatry 195:531-6. 2009..Autism is associated with intellectual disability. The strength and origin of this association is unclear...
Limited genetic covariance between autistic traits and intelligence: findings from a longitudinal twin studyRosa A Hoekstra
Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 153:994-1007. 2010..These findings suggest that individual differences in autistic traits are substantially genetically independent of intellectual functioning. The relevance of these findings to future studies is discussed...
The construction and validation of an abridged version of the autism-spectrum quotient (AQ-Short)Rosa A Hoekstra
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 41:589-96. 2011..The clear factor structure of the AQ-Short and its high sensitivity and specificity make the AQ-Short a useful alternative to the full 50-item version...
Empathy and emotion recognition in people with autism, first-degree relatives, and controlsE Sucksmith
Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Neuropsychologia 51:98-105. 2013..The use of empathy measures as quantitative endophenotypes for ASC is discussed...
Autistic traits below the clinical threshold: re-examining the broader autism phenotype in the 21st centuryE Sucksmith
Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Neuropsychol Rev 21:360-89. 2011....
