Endophenotype approach to developmental psychopathology: Implications for autism research

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-60

  Viding, Essi ^a,b   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Central coherence; Cognitive development; Intermediate phenotype; Mentalising; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33846449102     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9105-4     Document Type: Review

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