Autistic traits and individual brain differences: functional network efficiency reflects attentional and social impairments, structural nodal efficiencies index systemising and theory-of-mind skills

Abstract Background Autism is characterised not only by impaired social cognitive ‘empathising’ but also by superior rule-based ‘systemising’. These cognitive domains intertwine within the categorical diagnosis of autism, yet behavioural genetics suggest largely independent heritability, and separab...

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Main Authors: Subhadip Paul, Aditi Arora, Rashi Midha, Dinh Vu, Prasun K. Roy, Matthew K. Belmonte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Molecular Autism
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-020-00377-8