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Reexamining empathy in autism: Empathic disequilibrium as a novel predictor of autism diagnosis and autistic traits.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Oct 2022
Shalev Ido, Warrier Varun, Greenberg David M, Smith Paula, Allison Carrie, Baron-Cohen Simon, Eran Alal, Uzefovsky Florina
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A large body of research showed that autistic people have intact emotional (affective) empathy alongside reduced cognitive empathy. However, there are mixed findings and these call for a more subtle understanding of empathy in autism. Empathic disequilibrium refers to the imbalance between emotional and cognitive empathy and is associated with a higher number of autistic traits in the typical population. Here we...
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