Perspective-taking abilities in the balance between autism tendencies and psychosis proneness

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1808, 2015, Pages

  Abu Akel, Ahmad M ^a   Wood, Stephen J ^a,b   Hansen, Peter C ^a   Apperly, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diametric; Psychiatry; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HERITABILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MORBIDITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; DIAMETER; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PERSISTENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; AUTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929336332     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0563     Document Type: Article

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