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SUBMITTER: Williams JHG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5633645 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Williams Justin H G JHG Cameron Isobel M IM
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20171101 11
Impaired motor cognition may underpin empathy problems in autism. The actions and feelings questionnaire (AFQ), designed to examine individual differences in motor cognition, was completed fully by 1391 adults, of whom 326 reported a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition (ASC). A confirmatory factor analysis supported a 3 factor model. The AFQ total and 'feelings' subscale scores correlated highly with the EQ and ROC curves were similar. Our findings suggest that individual differences in em ...[more]