males with genetic abnormality in X chromosome- underdev intel, growth, appearance
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Brown et al., (1982)
those with fragile X are at risk of developing autism
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Rett's syndrome
spontaneous mutation on X chromosome- mild to severe depending on level of mutation, neurological growth issues- small head, limited eye contact normal dev untul6-18mo
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Downs syndrome
trisomy 21- mutation at side 21 chromosome
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Turners syndrome
XO
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Skuse et al., (1997)
not really marked learning disabilities, impairments in spatial and mathematical abilities, impaired social understanding but milder than autism
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Bettelheim (1967)
ASD not caused by MMR vaccine or bad parenting
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Pickles et al., (1995)
interactionism not fully understood for aSD
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Baird et al., (2006)
ASD 1:100 750K people in UK
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Baroh-Cohen et al., (1985)
ToM hypothesis for autism
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Frith (1989)
Theory of weak central coherence for ASD heightened ability to understand info and fine detail/perceive it- not covered in ToM heightened embedded figure test and good and seeing local parts of global objects
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Williams syndorme
truncation of chromosome 7- in cog profile opposite to autism v chatty
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Barkley (1997)
ADHD children impairments in exec function assoc with frontal loves and PFC controlling own mental processes and behaviour
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Saviouk et al., (2011)
75% heritability of ADHD
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McCann et al., (2007)
diet and ADHD- if consumed sugar more hyperactive than when placebo
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Barkley (1997)
ADHD is a cognitive disorder
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Sonuga-Barke (2005)
disorder of reward and motivation- problems with the delayed gratification test, marshmallow
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Baer (2001)
tourettes shows similar ritualistic behaviour to OCD aversion to touching things that have been touched by another e.g. coins
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Nelson and Grether (1999)
cerebral palsy envi- lungs dont function efficiently caused by event causing shortage of oxygen in the brain
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Fennell and Dikel (2001)
another feature of c.p- heightened sensitivity to touch
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Jenks et al., (2007)
c.p feature- some have learning disability but some equally have intellectual functioning in normal or high ability range
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Lindgren, Renxi and Richman (1985)
in countries where lang not transparent d.d might be as high as 10% of pop
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Rodrigeux et al., (2010)
most left and right handed people have equal dominance in both sides of the brain, 1% dont have unilateral dominance so could be more at risk but especially ADHD more so than dyslexia
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Brown et al., (1982)
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those with fragile X are at risk of developing autism
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