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Angelica Ronald
Researcher at Birkbeck, University of London
Publications - 177
Citations - 10774
Angelica Ronald is an academic researcher from Birkbeck, University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Twin study & Population. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 151 publications receiving 9432 citations. Previous affiliations of Angelica Ronald include King's College London & University of London.
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Time to give up on a single explanation for autism
TL;DR: It is argued that there will be no single (genetic or cognitive) cause for the diverse symptoms defining autism and recent evidence of behavioral fractionation of social impairment, communication difficulties and rigid and repetitive behaviors suggests largely nonoverlapping genes acting on each of these traits.
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Autism spectrum disorders and autistic traits: a decade of new twin studies
Angelica Ronald,Rosa A. Hoekstra +1 more
TL;DR: More than 30 twin studies of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and autistic traits published in the last decade that have contributed to this endeavor are reviewed to ensure that this decade is as productive as the last in attempting to disentangle the causes of autism Spectrum disorders.
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How different are girls and boys above and below the diagnostic threshold for Autism Spectrum Disorders
TL;DR: Girls are less likely than boys to meet diagnostic criteria for ASD at equivalently high levels of autistic-like traits, which might reflect gender bias in diagnosis or genuinely better adaptation/compensation in girls.
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Genetic Heterogeneity Between the Three Components of the Autism Spectrum: A Twin Study
Angelica Ronald,Francesca Happé,Patrick Bolton,Lee M. Butcher,Thomas S. Price,Sally Wheelwright,Simon Baron-Cohen,Robert Plomin +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest the triad of impairments that define autism spectrum disorders is heterogeneous genetically, and molecular genetic research examining the three aspects separately may identify different causal pathways for the three components.
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The 'fractionable autism triad': a review of evidence from behavioural, genetic, cognitive and neural research.
Francesca Happé,Angelica Ronald +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that largely independent genes may operate on social skills/impairments, communication abilities, and RRBIs, requiring a change in molecular-genetic research approaches.