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Innovation through neurodiversity: Diversity is beneficial

Harriet Axbey Orcid Logo, Nadin Beckmann Orcid Logo, Sue Fletcher-Watson Orcid Logo, Alisdair Tullo, Catherine J Crompton Orcid Logo

Autism, Volume: 27, Issue: 7, Pages: 2193 - 2198

Swansea University Author: Harriet Axbey Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/13623613231158685

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Those experiencing high rapport or strong social connection are more likely to copy each other, or emulate each other’s ideas, either consciously or sub-consciously. In this study, we use this phenomenon to examine whether neurotype match or mismatch impacts degree of imitation in a creative task. W...

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ISSN: 1362-3613 1461-7005
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