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Free testosterone levels in umbilical-cord blood predict infant head circumference in femalesFetal androgens influence fetal growth as well as postnatal neurocognitive ability
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Unpacking the complex nature of the autism epidemicThis paper discusses changes in diagnostic criteria, decreasing age at diagnosis, improved case ascertainment, diagnostic substitution, and social influences.
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Hemispheric division of function is the result of independent probabilistic biasesCausal theories propose that functional asymmetry is an obligatory pattern of organisation, while statistical theories maintain this is a reflection...
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Adult psychosocial outcomes of children with specific language impairment, pragmatic language impairment and autismEvidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder...
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Differentiating between childhood communication disorders: Implications for language and psychosocial outcomesDifferentiating between childhood communication disorders: Implications for language and psychosocial outcomes
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Cerebral dominance for language function in adults with specific language impairment or autismA link between developmental language disorders and atypical cerebral lateralization has been postulated since the 1920s, but evidence has been indirect and...
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Do children with autism 'switch off' to speech sounds? An investigation using event-related potentialsAutism is a disorder characterized by a core impairment in social behaviour. A prominent component of this social deficit is poor orienting to speech.
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Autism and diagnostic substitution: Evidence from a study of adults with a history of developmental language disorderRates of diagnosis of autism have risen since 1980, raising the question of whether some children who previously had other diagnoses are now being diagnosed...
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The recruitment and retention of Speech and Language Therapists: What do university students find important?The increasing need for speech and language therapy (SLT) services, coupled with poor employment retention rates, poses serious cost-benefit considerations.
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Evidence against poor semantic encoding in individuals with autismThis article tests the hypothesis that individuals with autism poorly encode verbal information to the semantic level of processing, instead paying greater...