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Interaction versus observation: A finer look at this distinction and its importance to autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2013

Elizabeth Redcay ,
Katherine Rice  and
Rebecca Saxe
Elizabeth Redcay
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. redcay@umd.edu krice@umd.edu www.dscn.umd.edu
Katherine Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. redcay@umd.edu krice@umd.edu www.dscn.umd.edu
Rebecca Saxe
Affiliation:
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. saxe@mit.edu www.saxelab.mit.edu
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Abstract

Although a second-person neuroscience has high ecological validity, the extent to which a second- versus third-person neuroscience approach fundamentally alters neural patterns of activation requires more careful investigation. Nonetheless, we are hopeful that this new avenue will prove fruitful in significantly advancing our understanding of typical and atypical social cognition.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 435
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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