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25 Feb 2017, 10:24 pm

Gernsbacher MA, Stevenson JL, Dern S (2017) Specificity, contexts, and reference groups matter when assessing autistic traits. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171931. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171931

This group researched the significance of identifying context for the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire and the Social Responsiveness Scale. They compared "in-group (other autistics)" and "out-group (non autistics)". When the context was specified as the participants’ in-group, participants reported having fewer autistic traits.

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25 Feb 2017, 10:31 pm

Interview of Morton Ann Gernsbacher, PhD about her research, Why Context Matters When Assessing Autistic Traits.

Researcher ‘First Person’: Why Context Matters When Assessing Autistic Traits


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