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Roth, Ilona; Barson, Chris; Hoekstra, Rosa; Pasco, Greg and Whatson, Terry (2010). The Autism Spectrum in the 21st Century: Exploring Psychology, Biology and Practice. London/Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Ronald, Angelica and Hoekstra, Rosa (2014). Progress in understanding the causes of autism spectrum disorders and autistic traits: twin studies from 1977 to the present day. In: Rhee, Soo Hyun and Ronald, Angelica eds. Behavior Genetics of Psychopathology. Advances in Behavior Genetics (2). New York: Springer, pp. 33–65.

Hoekstra, Rosa and Whatson, Terry (2010). Biological explanations. In: Roth, Ilona; Barson, Chris and Hoekstra, Rosa eds. The Autism Spectrum in the 21st Century: Exploring Psychology, Biology and Practice. London/Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

(2019). Ethiopian community health workers' beliefs and attitudes towards children with autism: Impact of a brief training intervention. Autism, 23(1) pp. 39–49.

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Tekola, B.; Baheretibeb, Y.; Roth, I.; Tilahun, D.; Fekadu, A.; Hanlon, C. and Hoekstra, R.A. (2016). Challenges and opportunities to improve autism services in low-income countries: lessons from a situational analysis in Ethiopia. Global mental health, 3(e21)

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Grove, Rachel; Roth, Ilona and Hoekstra, Rosa A. (2016). The motivation for special interests in individuals with autism and controls: Development and validation of the special interest motivation scale. Autism Research, 9(6) pp. 677–688.

Polderman, T. J. C.; Hoekstra, R. A.; Posthuma, D. and Larsson, H. (2014). The co-occurrence of autistic and ADHD dimensions in adults: an etiological study in 17 770 twins. Translational Psychiatry, 4(9), article no. e435.

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Grove, Rachel; Baillie, Andrew; Allison, Carrie; Baron-Cohen, Simon and Hoekstra, Rosa (2014). The latent structure of cognitive and emotional empathy in individuals with autism, first-degree relatives and typical individuals. Molecular Autism, 5, article no. 42.

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Tavassoli, Teresa; Hoekstra, Rosa A. and Baron-Cohen, Simon (2014). The Sensory Perception Quotient (SPQ): development and validation of a new sensory questionnaire for adults with and without autism. Molecular Autism, 5(1), article no. 29.

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Polderman, T. J. C.; Hoekstra, R. A.; Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E.; Sullivan, P. F.; van der Sluis, S. and Posthuma, D. (2013). Attentional switching forms a genetic link between attention problems and autistic traits in adults. Psychological Medicine, 43(9) pp. 1985–1996.

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Sucksmith, E.; Allison, C.; Baron-Cohen, S.; Chakrabarti, B. and Hoekstra, R. A. (2013). Empathy and emotion recognition in people with autism, first-degree relatives, and controls. Neuropsychologia, 51(1) pp. 98–105.

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Grove, Rachel; Baillie, Andrew; Allison, Carrie; Baron-Cohen, Simon and Hoekstra, Rosa A. (2013). Empathizing, systemizing, and autistic traits: latent structure in individuals with autism, their parents, and general population controls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(2) pp. 600–609.

Bartels, Meike; van Weegen, Felice I.; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Carlier, Michèle; Polderman, Tinca J. C.; Hoekstra, Rosa A. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2012). The five factor model of personality and intelligence: a twin study on the relationship between the two constructs. Personality and Individual Differences, 53(4) pp. 368–373.

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Roelfsema, Martine. T.; Hoekstra, Rosa. A.; Allison, Carrie; Wheelwright, Sally; Brayne, Carol; Matthews, Fiona E. and Baron-Cohen, Simon (2012). Are autism spectrum conditions more prevalent in an information-technology region? A school-based study of three regions in the Netherlands. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(5) pp. 734–739.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E.; Wheelwright, Sally; Bartels, Meike; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Posthuma, Danielle and van der Sluis, Sophie (2011). The construction and validation of an abridged version of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ-Short). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(5) pp. 589–596.

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Ronald, Angelica and Hoekstra, Rosa A. (2011). Autism spectrum disorders and autistic traits: a decade of new twin studies. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 156(3) pp. 255–274.

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Sucksmith, E.; Roth, I. and (2011). Autistic traits below the clinical threshold: re-examining the broader autism phenotype in the 21st century. Neuropsychology Review, 21(4) pp. 360–389.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Happé, Francesca; Baron-Cohen, Simon and Ronald, Angelica (2010). Limited Genetic Covariance Between Autistic Traits and Intelligence: Findings From a Longitudinal Twin Study. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 153B(5) pp. 994–1007.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A. and Wheelwright, Sally (2010). Autistic traits in simplex and multiplex autism families: Focus on unaffected relatives. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 153B(1) pp. 356–358.

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Hoekstra, R.A.; Happé, F.; Baron-Cohen, S. and Ronald, A. (2009). Association between extreme autistic traits and intellectual disability: insights from a general population twin study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195(6) pp. 531–536.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Van Leeuwen, Marieke and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2009). Genetic architecture of verbal abilities in children and adolescents. Developmental Science, 12(6) pp. 1041–1053.

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van Leeuwen, Marieke; van den Berg, Stéphanie M.; Hoekstra, Rosa A. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2009). The genetic and environmental structure of verbal and visuospatial memory in young adults and children. Neuropsychology, 23(6) pp. 792–802.

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Polderman, Tinca J. C.; de Geus, Eco J. C.; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; van Leeuwen, Marieke; Verhulst, Frank C.; Posthuma, Danielle and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2009). Attention problems, inhibitory control, and intelligence index overlapping genetic factors: a study in 9-, 12-, and 18-year-old twins. Neuropsychology, 23(3) pp. 381–391.

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Estourgie-van Burk, G. Frederiek; Bartels, Meike; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Polderman, Tinca J. C.; Delemarre-van de Waal, Henriette A. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2009). A twin study of cognitive costs of low birth weight and catch-up growth. Journal of Pediatrics, 154(1) pp. 29–32.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Cath, Danielle C. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2008). Factor structure, reliability and criterion validity of the Autism-Spectrum quotient (AQ): a study in Dutch population and patient groups. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(8) pp. 1555–1566.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Hudziak, James J.; Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C. E. M. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2008). Genetic and environmental influences on the stability of withdrawn behavior in children: a longitudinal, multi-informant twin study. Behavior Genetics, 38(5) pp. 447–461.

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Boomsma, Dorret I.; van Beijsterveld, Toos C. E. M.; Beem, A. Leo; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Polderman, Tinca J. c. and Bartels, Meike (2008). Intelligence and birth order in boys and girls. Intelligence, 36(6) pp. 630–634.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2007). Longitudinal genetic study of verbal and nonverbal IQ from early childhood to young adulthood. Learning and Individual Differences, 17(2) pp. 97–114.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Hudziak, James J.; Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C. E. M. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2007). Genetic and environmental covariation between autistic traits and behavioral problems. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10(6) pp. 853–860.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Verweij, Catharina J. H. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2007). Heritability of autistic traits in the general population. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 161(4) pp. 372–377.

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van Leeuwen, Marieke; van den Berg, Stephanie; Hoekstra, Rosa and Boomsma, Dorret (2007). Endophenotypes for intelligence in children and adolescents. Intelligence, 35(4) pp. 369–380.

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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2006). Heritability of testosterone levels in 12-year-old twins and its relation to pubertal development. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9(4) pp. 558–565.

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Baron-Cohen, Simon; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Knickmeyer, Rebecca and Wheelwright, Sally (2006). The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)-Adolescent Version. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(3) pp. 343–350.

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Knickmeyer, Rebecca C.; Wheelwright, Sally; Hoekstra, Rosa and Baron-Cohen, Simon (2006). Age of menarche in females with autism spectrum conditions. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 48 pp. 1007–1008.

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Ligthart, Lannie; Bartels, Meike; Hoekstra, Rosa. A.; Hudziak, James J. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2005). Genetic contributions to subtypes of aggression. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8(5) pp. 483–491.

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Hoekstra, R.; Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E.; van der Sluis, S. and Posthuma, D. (2010). Disentangling genetic and assortative mating effects on autistic traits: an extended twin family study in adults. In: 40th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Jun 2010, Seoul.

Hoekstra, R.; Ronald, A.; Happé, F.; Baron-Cohen, S. and Plomin, R. (2008). Genetic influences on extreme autistic traits and intellectual impairment: overlap and specificity. In: 38th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Jun 2008, Louisville.

Hoekstra, R.; Bartels, M.; Estourgie-van Burk, G. F.; Verweij, C. J. H. and Boomsma, D. I. (2007). Genetic and environmental influences on autistic traits and its association with peer interaction: a general population twin study. In: 37th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Amsterdam, 03-06 Jun 2007.

Boomsma, D. I.; Bartels, M.; van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M.; Luciano, M.; de Geus, E. J. C.; Posthuma, D.; Hottenga, J. J.; Hoekstra, R.; Estourgie-van Burk, G. F.; Delemarre-van de Waal, H. A. and Martin, N. G. (2007). Heritability of head size in Dutch and Australian twin families at ages 5 – 50 years. In: 37th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, 03-06 Jun 2007, Amsterdam.

Hoekstra, R.; Bartels, M.; Hudziak, J. J.; van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M. and Boomsma, D. I. (2005). Genetic and environmental mechanisms underlying stability in childhood withdrawn behavior. In: 35th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, 29 Jun - 02 Jul 2005, Los Angeles.

Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2005). Heritability of testosterone levels in 12-year-old twins. In: ISTS Mid-Congress Conference, 29 Jun 2005, Los Angeles.