Title |
The latent structure of cognitive and emotional empathy in individuals with autism, first-degree relatives and typical individuals
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Published in |
Molecular Autism, August 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/2040-2392-5-42 |
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Authors |
Rachel Grove, Andrew Baillie, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen, Rosa A Hoekstra |
Abstract |
Empathy is a vital component for social understanding involving the ability to recognise emotion (cognitive empathy) and provide an appropriate affective response (emotional empathy). Autism spectrum conditions have been described as disorders of empathy. First-degree relatives may show some mild traits of the autism spectrum, the broader autism phenotype (BAP). Whether both cognitive and emotional empathy, rather than cognitive empathy alone, are impaired in autism and the BAP is still under debate. Moreover the association between various aspects of empathy is unclear. This study aims to examine the relationship between different components of empathy across individuals with varying levels of genetic vulnerability to autism. |
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