Abigail Dickinson

Adults with autism spectrum conditions experience increased levels of anomalous perception.

PLoS One May 18, 2017 Elizabeth Milne, Abigail Dickinson, Richard Smith

Autism spectrum condition (ASC) is characterised by differences in social interaction and behavioural inflexibility. In addition to these core symptoms, atypical sensory responses are prevalent in the ASC phenotype. Here we investigated anomalous perception, i.e. hallucinatory and/or out of body experiences in adults with ASC. Thirty participants with an ASC diagnosis and thirty neurotypical...