All Outputs (22)

The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions (2024)
Journal Article

This study investigated the relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability (both actual and perceived), social favourability, and likability. Sixty participants designated as ‘targets’ were video recorded in a range of social scena... Read More about The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions.

Mindreading beliefs in same- and cross-neurotype interactions (2023)
Journal Article

A large sample of autistic and non-autistic adults was recruited to investigate whether self-reported beliefs about their own and other people’s mindreading abilities were in line with either mindreading deficit accounts of autism or the double empat... Read More about Mindreading beliefs in same- and cross-neurotype interactions.

Cross-cultural effects on drivers’ use of explicit and implicit communicative cues to predict intentions of other road users (2022)
Journal Article

This study explored whether British and Malaysian drivers differ in their use of explicit (turn signals) and implicit (e.g., vehicle position, speed) communicative cues when judging the intention of other road users. Participants viewed videoclips of... Read More about Cross-cultural effects on drivers’ use of explicit and implicit communicative cues to predict intentions of other road users.

Trying to solve the ‘worst situation’ together: participatory autism research (2022)
Journal Article

The importance of participatory autism research is discussed in relation to a project involving six autistic researchers and five non-autistic university researchers collaborating to investigate anxiety in autistic adolescents. The paper describes th... Read More about Trying to solve the ‘worst situation’ together: participatory autism research.

Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits (2022)
Journal Article

A survey asked autistic and non-autistic people about the driving difficulties they experience and their autistic traits. Principle components analysis was used to identify how reported difficulties clustered together in each group, and regression wa... Read More about Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits.

The anxiety caused by secondary schools for autistic adolescents: In their own words (2021)
Journal Article

Secondary schools are increasingly becoming inclusive of all students whatever their individual needs, but we question whether teachers understand enough about specific needs in order to effectively support all their students. Research indicates that... Read More about The anxiety caused by secondary schools for autistic adolescents: In their own words.

A cross-cultural comparison of where drivers choose to look when viewing driving scenes (2021)
Journal Article

A substantial proportion of road accidents occur as a result of drivers having poor or insufficient visual search strategies. However, the majority of research into drivers visual search comes from high income Western countries where roads are relati... Read More about A cross-cultural comparison of where drivers choose to look when viewing driving scenes.

Do neurotypical people like or dislike autistic people? (2021)
Journal Article

Background: This study investigated whether neurotypical individuals’ judgments that they dislike a person are more common when viewing autistic individuals than when viewing neurotypical individuals. Methods: Videos of autistic and neurotypical targ... Read More about Do neurotypical people like or dislike autistic people?.

Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health (2021)
Journal Article

Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health This article explores how the experience of living in a largely neurotypical society could hinder development of abilities which allow smooth interactions between a... Read More about Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health.

Cross-cultural effects on detecting multiple sources of driving hazard: Evidence from the deceleration detection flicker test (2020)
Journal Article

Collision rates in Malaysia are much higher than the UK; do these reflect poorer hazard perception skill or does exposure to hazardous events improve hazard detection ability? The deceleration detection flicker test (DDFT) was used to investigate the... Read More about Cross-cultural effects on detecting multiple sources of driving hazard: Evidence from the deceleration detection flicker test.

University Students’ Notion of Autism Spectrum Conditions: A Cross-Cultural Study (2020)
Journal Article

Cultural background might influence knowledge and attitudes regarding autism, influencing willingness to interact. We studied whether beliefs, knowledge, contact, and attitude differed between the UK and Malaysia. With mediation analyses, we studied... Read More about University Students’ Notion of Autism Spectrum Conditions: A Cross-Cultural Study.

Interpreting signals in other people's behavior to sense things about them and to infer things about their world (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd In this article, we propose a new framework for investigating how accurately and by what process people read others' minds—a process that requires perceivers to make a retrodictive inference. In this context, we discuss... Read More about Interpreting signals in other people's behavior to sense things about them and to infer things about their world.

Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? (2019)
Journal Article

This study aimed to assess the efficacy of two cartoons which depict autistic characters in improving attitudes towards autistic peers in two separate studies. Forty-six children participated in study 1 (4–7 years), and 47 children participated in st... Read More about Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers?.

Is There a Link Between Autistic People Being Perceived Unfavorably and Having a Mind That Is Difficult to Read? (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, The Author(s). The link between autistic people having a mind that is difficult to read (by neurotypical participants) and being perceived unfavorably was investigated. Videoed Autistic and neurotypical targets from Sheppard et al. (PLOS ONE... Read More about Is There a Link Between Autistic People Being Perceived Unfavorably and Having a Mind That Is Difficult to Read?.

How accurately can other people infer your thoughts -- and does culture matter? (2017)
Journal Article

This research investigated how accurately people infer what others are thinking after observing a brief sample of their behaviour and whether culture/similarity is a relevant factor. Target participants (14 British and 14 Mediterraneans) were cued to... Read More about How accurately can other people infer your thoughts -- and does culture matter?.

Judging personality from a brief sample of behaviour: detecting where others stand on trait continua (2017)
Journal Article

Trait inferences occur routinely and rapidly during social interaction, sometimes based on scant or fleeting information. In this research, participants (perceivers) made inferences of targets’ big-five traits after briefly watching or listening to a... Read More about Judging personality from a brief sample of behaviour: detecting where others stand on trait continua.

The effect of lighting conditions and use of headlights on drivers’ perception and appraisal of approaching vehicles at junctions (2017)
Journal Article

Use of Daytime Running Lights (DRL) is mandatory in many countries for motorcycles, and in some for cars. However, in developing countries DRLs may be optional or compliance low. The effect of car or motorcycle headlights and lighting conditions on M... Read More about The effect of lighting conditions and use of headlights on drivers’ perception and appraisal of approaching vehicles at junctions.

Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders (2016)
Journal Article

The current study explored attentional processing of social and non social stimuli in ASD within the context of a driving hazard perception task. Participants watched videos of road scenes and detected hazards while their eye movements were recorded.... Read More about Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders.

Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Previous research suggests people with ASD may have various difficulties in processing and interacting with motion in the environment. We investigated whether individuals with ASD have difficulty judging the location of moving objects i... Read More about Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

How easy is it to read the minds of people with autism spectrum disorder (2015)
Journal Article

How well can neurotypical adults’ interpret mental states in people with ASD? ‘Targets’ (ASD and neurotypical) reactions to four events were video-recorded then shown to neurotypical participants whose task was to identify which event the target had... Read More about How easy is it to read the minds of people with autism spectrum disorder.