Gestational vitamin D deficiency and autism spectrum disorder

Background There is growing interest in linking vitamin D deficiency with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).The association between vitamin D deficiency during gestation, a critical period in neurodevelopment, and ASD is not well understood.Aims To determine the association between gestational vitamin D status and ASD.Method Based on a birth cohort

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The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing.

Upright faces are thought to be processed holistically.However, the range of views within which holistic processing occurs is unknown.Recent research by McKone (2008) suggests that holistic processing occurs for all yaw rotated face views (i.e.full-face through to profile).Here we examined whether holistic processing occurs for pitch, as well as ya

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