The Cambridge Sympathy Test: Self-reported sympathy and distress in autism.

BACKGROUND:Difficulties with aspects of social interaction, including empathy, comprise a core symptom of autism spectrum conditions (autism). Sympathy is a specific form of empathy and involves both cognitive and affective empathy. Data are presented from a new task of self-reported sympathy and pe...

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Main Authors: Rosemary Holt, Jessica Upadhyay, Paula Smith, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen, Bhismadev Chakrabarti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6063395?pdf=render