"Making it explicit" makes a difference: Evidence for a dissociation of spontaneous and intentional level 1 perspective taking in high-functioning autism

Cognition

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-354

  Schwarzkopf, Sarah ^a,b   Schilbach, Leonhard ^a   Vogeley, Kai ^a,c   Timmermans, Bert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Attention shift; High functioning autism; Implicit processing; Visuospatial level 1 perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896007005     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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