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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"early medical events are associated with clinical ASD phenotypes"

The paper by Charlotte Willfors and colleagues [1] (open-access) provides some food for thought today and the observation that various indi...

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Heightened anxiety in children with autism

Given that a certain portly chap with a white beard (yes, one of those fat yet fit types ) is heading the way of many a household over the c...

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Twins and autism: a response

A very short post this one, I promise. Following the revelations yesterday that the genetic contribution to autism 'might' have been...

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Genes overestimated, environment underestimated in autism?

Only a short post this one in response to an article which has just appeared in the Archives of General Psychiatry titled: Genetic heritabi...

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