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Defining the broader phenotype of autism: Genetic, brain, and behavioral perspectives

DAWSON, GERALDINE, WEBB, SARA, SCHELLENBERG, GERARD D., DAGER, STEPHEN, FRIEDMAN, SETH, AYLWARD, ELIZABETH, RICHARDS, TODD·2002·Development and Psychopathology
DOI 10.1017/s0954579402003103
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Achieving progress in understanding the cause, nature, and treatment of autism requires an integration of concepts, approaches, and empirical findings from genetic, cognitive neuroscience, animal, and clinical studies. The need for such integration has been a fundamental tenet of the discipline of developmental psychopathology from its inception. It is likely that the discovery of autism susceptibility genes will depend on the development of dimensional measures of broader phenotype autism traits. It is argued that knowledge of the cognitive neuroscience of social and language behavior will provide a useful framework for defining such measures. In this article, the current state of knowledge of the cognitive neuroscience of social and language impairments in autism is reviewed. Following from this, six candidate broader phenotype autism traits are proposed: (a) face processing, including structural encoding of facial features and face movements, such as eye gaze; (b) social affiliation or sensitivity to social reward, pertaining to the social motivational impairments found in autism; (c) motor imitation ability, particularly imitation of body actions; (d) memory, specifically those aspects of memory mediated by the medial temporal lobe–prefrontal circuits; (e) executive function, especially planning and flexibility; and (f) Language ability, particularly those aspects of language that overlap with specific language impairment, namely, phonological processing.

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Authors
DAWSON, G., WEBB, S., SCHELLENBERG, G. D., DAGER, S., FRIEDMAN, S., AYLWARD, E., & RICHARDS, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Veterans Health Administration (US)
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Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2002-08-20
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
581-611
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
DOI
10.1017/s0954579402003103
OpenAlex
W2110929953
Semantic Scholar
e7edba1d2eb953cc111848a2a9dd904bc4832085
Cited by
467
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 25
FWCI
7.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01 HD 34565)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, autistic traits, autism susceptibility genes, face processing, gaze, social affiliation, motor imitation, memory, executive function, planning, cognitive flexibility, language impairment, phonological processing, specific language impairment
MeSH terms
Autistic Disorder, Brain, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Evoked Potentials, Humans, Language Disorders, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Perceptual Disorders, Phenotype, Phonetics, Speech Perception, Temporal Lobe, Twin Studies as Topic

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