The biological bases of social deficits: the roles of social motivation, theory of mind, and selected genotypes (OPRM1, 5-HTTLPR) in autism spectrum disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a diverse disorder, and the heterogenous range of possible presentations hinders our understanding of its aetiology. Recently there has been a surge of genome wide association studies for ASD, while historically psychological theories were relied on to explain the e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Kate
Other Authors: Malcolm-Smith, Susan
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Humanities 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32659