J Child Psychol Psychiatry January 2019 PMID 29582425

Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder.

Lucy Anne Livingston, Emma Colvert, Patrick Bolton, Francesca Happé

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder. Lucy Anne Livingston et al https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80 @HappeLab @WileyPsychology https://t.co/1H6OCsWado

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Wishing a warm welcome to WARC and @PsychCardiffUni to new lecturer @Lucy_Livingston. Lucy has just won the @BPSDevSection Neil O'Connor award for her work: https://t.co/7PGVPNquv3 Congratulations Lucy! https://t.co/YdEJfWUZKY

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder. (2018) By @Lucy_Livingston, @HappeLab et al https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80 #autism #ASD #openaccess #freeaccess https://t.co/pOZKJr9rZz

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder Lucy Anne Livingston et al 2018. https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80

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Link to Lucy’s article here: https://t.co/409uLQdgh3

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#PsychologiCALL 113 @Lucy_Livingston (@WARC_Cardiff) discusses her @BPSDevSection award-winning @TheCAMH paper "Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder", from her PhD with @HappeLab (@KingsIoPPN) https://t.co/ghaR01lBGw https://t.co/EKTyxu4NhN

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RT @SMRCResearch: #PsychologiCALL 113 @Lucy_Livingston (@WARC_Cardiff) discusses her @BPSDevSection award-winning @TheCAMH paper "Good soc…

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#PsychologiCALL 113 @Lucy_Livingston (@WARC_Cardiff) discusses her @BPSDevSection award-winning @TheCAMH paper "Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder", from her PhD with @HappeLab (@KingsIoPPN) https://t.co/ghaR01lBGw https://t.co/EKTyxu4NhN

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Good social skills despite poor "theory of mind": exploring compensation in autism: https://t.co/urgS690rmU

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@Lucy_Livingston discussed empirical data supporting compensation in autistic people, such as from quantitative task performance: https://t.co/A7sy4hrZtH and qualitative thematic analysis: https://t.co/d5X3iHh1tN.

Sep 16, 2020 · 2 likes · 935 followers View post →
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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder https://t.co/ETjlfEMaBA by @HappeLab 's team

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RT @Lucy_Livingston: @fusaroli Going to plug a couple of my own here :) https://t.co/gkCTKQREhy

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RT @Lucy_Livingston: @fusaroli Going to plug a couple of my own here :) https://t.co/gkCTKQREhy

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RT @WARC_Cardiff: Wishing a warm welcome to WARC and @PsychCardiffUni to new lecturer @Lucy_Livingston. Lucy has just won the @BPSDevSect…

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Wales Autism Research Centre
@WARC_Cardiff · X

Wishing a warm welcome to WARC and @PsychCardiffUni to new lecturer @Lucy_Livingston. Lucy has just won the @BPSDevSection Neil O'Connor award for her work: https://t.co/7PGVPNquv3 Congratulations Lucy! https://t.co/YdEJfWUZKY

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RT @BPSDevSection: Link to Lucy’s article here: https://t.co/409uLQdgh3

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder. (2018) By @Lucy_Livingston, @HappeLab et al https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80 #autism #ASD #openaccess #freeaccess https://t.co/pOZKJr9rZz

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RT @dailyunmind: New academic study with useful findings by @HappeLab and colleagues: 1) Compensation/masking doesn't make a person "less…

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RT @dailyunmind: New academic study with useful findings by @HappeLab and colleagues: 1) Compensation/masking doesn't make a person "less…

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder Lucy Anne Livingston et al 2018. https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder. Lucy Anne Livingston et al https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80 #AutismAwarenessDay #openaccess https://t.co/pT7U1QliPX

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Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder. Lucy Anne Livingston et al https://t.co/Q3unz9FU80 @HappeLab @WileyPsychology https://t.co/1H6OCsWado

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This Open Access @TheJCPP study explored an intriguing subgroup of young people with #ASD, who, despite continued difficulty understanding other minds, display relatively few social symptoms in behaviour, and are therefore putatively ‘High’ Compensators https://t.co/QrGI7F5kS6 https://t.co/1DTTT2rBSk

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