Self-Referential Cognition and Empathy in Autism
Michael V. Lombardo, Jennifer L. Barnes, Sally J. Wheelwright et al. · 2007
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Michael Lombardo, Jennifer Barnes, Sally Wheelwright and co-authors tested self-focused thought and empathy in autism, reporting in PLOS ONE in 2007. People on the autism spectrum often find social life hard. Whether they also differ when thinking about themselves, rather than about others, was much less clear.
The team used several well tested measures to compare self-referential cognition, thinking tied to oneself, with empathy for others. Keeping those two domains apart matters: a person can struggle with one and not the other. The study helps refine what autism affects, and what it may leave intact. That sharper picture can guide fairer tests and better support.
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| CREATOR | Michael V. Lombardo, Jennifer L. Barnes, Sally J. Wheelwright et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2007 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000883