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Five interdisciplinary tensions and opportunities in neurodiversity research
Olujolagbe Layinka1, Luca D Hargitai1, Punit Shah1
1Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
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|April 23, 2024
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Improving our understanding of autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurodevelopmental conditions requires collaborations between genetics, psychiatry, the social sciences and other fields of research.
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