An Expert Discussion on Autism and Empathy

Affiliations

¹ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, University of Kent, United Kingdom.
² School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
³ School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
⁴ College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Christina Nicolaidis et al. Autism Adulthood. 2019.

. 2019 Mar 1;1(1):4-11.

doi: 10.1089/aut.2018.29000.cjn. Epub 2019 Dec 20.

¹ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, University of Kent, United Kingdom.
² School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
³ School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
⁴ College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Conflict of interest statement

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