To be or not to be emotionally aware and socially motivated : how alexithymia impacts autism spectrum disorders
Autism often co-occurs with alexithymia, a condition characterized by no or diminished awareness of emotions that significantly impacts an individual's social relationships. We investigate how the social motivation of autistics would be eroded by comorbidity with alexithymia and why this dimini...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107119 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002315 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Autism often co-occurs with alexithymia, a condition characterized by no or diminished awareness of emotions that significantly impacts an individual's social relationships. We investigate how the social motivation of autistics would be eroded by comorbidity with alexithymia and why this diminished motivation would be difficult for non-autistic people to perceive and reciprocate. |
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