How helpful is a 'geek index'?

A quote to begin: " male offspring of older fathers had higher ‘geek index’ scores, a composite measure of high IQ , strong focus on th...

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[Objective] exposure to flame retardants and social behaviours

Although a few details of the study reported by Shannon Lipscomb and colleagues [1] (open-access) interested me, I was particularly taken b...

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Subgroups in autism (without intellectual disability)

" Children with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  without ID  [ intellectual disability ]  could be differentiated into Moderate and Sev...

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Social interaction and autism: it takes two to tango

Psychology experiments are not generally fodder for this blog when it comes to autism. The main reason being that quite a few appearing in t...

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Theatre-based intervention for autism?

" All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. " So said Bill (to his friends) Shakespeare in the comedy...

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Societal inclusion and adult autism

" Participating in society was identified as the only factor predicting life satisfaction in individuals with ASD  [autism spectrum dis...

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Screening for autism in young children: 6 questions to ask

Question 1: Does your child ever point with their index finger to ask for something? Question 2: Is your child able to imitate you or your a...

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BH4 for autism?

I've talked about tetrahydrobiopterin (sapropterin or BH4) a few times on this blog with reference to autism (see here and here ) and ...

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Stability of autistic traits in the general population

In a post a few weeks back, I discussed the relative stability, or instability, of autistic traits from a diagnostic point of view. The tak...

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