Autism-spectrum traits predict humor styles in the general population

Humor

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 461-475

  Eriksson, Kimmo ^a,b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attention to detail; autism spectrum; humor styles; social skill; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880905273     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humor-2013-0030     Document Type: Article

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