Morton Ann Gernsbacher ORCID iD

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This author is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project because of their contribution to 15 academic works co-authored with nine people identified as autistic.

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

Number of publications in the project: 15
Number of publications with a cited bibliography: 16
Number of publications with an identified autistic co-author: 15

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 17 (distinct: 9)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 79
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 183 (distinct: 116)

Frequent co-authors

Michelle Dawson* 6
Laurent Mottron 4
Elizabeth J. Grace* 3
Emily M. Morson 3
Isabelle Soulières 2
Jennifer L. Stevenson 2
Sebastian Dern* 2
H. Hill Goldsmith 1

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Publication types

Article 13
Book chapter 3

16 publications

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Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Steven K. Kapp* , Noah Sasson, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Heini Natri* , Monique Botha* (2023). Anti-ableism and scientific accuracy in autism research: a false dichotomy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1244451-1244451.

Publication date: 8 Sep 2023 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 6 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 32 / 111 (28.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 133 / 572 (23.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 106 / 487 (21.8%)
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Helen Rottier* , Morton Ann Gernsbacher (2020). Autistic Adult and Non-Autistic Parent Advocates: Bridging the Divide. In Disability Alliances and Allies (pp. 155-166). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Publication date: 27 Oct 2020 Added to AutiHub: 24 Sep 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 2 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 7 / 80 (8.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 10 / 129 (7.8%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 10 / 113 (8.8%)

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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, M. Remi Yergeau* (2019). Empirical failures of the claim that autistic people lack a theory of mind. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 7(1), 102-118.

Publication date: 9 Dec 2019 Added to AutiHub: 9 Aug 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 2 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 8 / 265 (3.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 8 / 871 (0.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 5 / 679 (0.7%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Jennifer L. Stevenson, Sebastian Dern* (2019). Autistic People Do Enhance Their Selves. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(5), 605-615.

Publication date: 2 Sep 2019 Added to AutiHub: 22 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 3 / 85 (3.5%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 3 / 245 (1.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 3 / 195 (1.5%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Jennifer L. Stevenson, Sebastian Dern* (2017). Specificity, contexts, and reference groups matter when assessing autistic traits. PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0171931.

Publication date: 13 Feb 2017 Added to AutiHub: 22 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 2 / 129 (1.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 2 / 477 (0.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 2 / 430 (0.5%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Emily M. Morson, Elizabeth J. Grace* (2016). Language and Speech in Autism. Annual Review of Linguistics, 2(1), 413-425.

Publication date: 14 Jan 2016 Added to AutiHub: 14 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 5 / 84 (6.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 5 / 215 (2.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 4 / 182 (2.2%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Emily M. Morson, Elizabeth J. Grace* (2015). Language Development in Autism. In Neurobiology of Language (pp. 879-886). Elsevier.

Publication date: 4 Sep 2015 Added to AutiHub: 14 Sep 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 3 / 108 (2.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 3 / 332 (0.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 2 / 262 (0.8%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Emily M. Morson, Elizabeth J. Grace* (2014). Language and Speech in Autism. Annual Review of Linguistics, 2(1), 413-425.

Publication date: 6 Mar 2014 Added to AutiHub: 14 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 6 / 87 (6.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 6 / 227 (2.6%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 5 / 189 (2.6%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Sarah Pripas-Kapit* (2012). Who's Missing the Point? A Commentary on Claims that Autistic Persons Have a Specific Deficit in Figurative Language Comprehension. Metaphor and Symbol, 27(1), 93-105.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2012 Added to AutiHub: 16 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 2 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 2 / 104 (1.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 2 / 313 (0.6%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 2 / 251 (0.8%)
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Isabelle Soulières, Michelle Dawson* , Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Laurent Mottron (2011). The Level and Nature of Autistic Intelligence II: What about Asperger Syndrome? PLoS ONE, 6(9), e25372.

Publication date: 28 Sep 2011 Added to AutiHub: 3 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 4 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 4 / 48 (8.3%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 4 / 110 (3.6%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 1 / 94 (1.1%)
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Michelle Dawson* , Morton Ann Gernsbacher (2010). Effectiveness of intensive autism programmes. The Lancet, 375(9716), 722-723.

Publication date: 1 Feb 2010 Added to AutiHub: 3 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 2 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 0 / 4 (0.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 0 / 10 (0.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 0 / 10 (0.0%)
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Michelle Dawson* , Laurent Mottron, Morton Ann Gernsbacher (2008). Learning in Autism. In Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (pp. 759-772). Elsevier.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2008 Added to AutiHub: 3 Jul 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 4 / 237 (1.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 4 / 559 (0.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 1 / 436 (0.2%)
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Michelle Dawson* , Isabelle Soulières, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Laurent Mottron (2007). The Level and Nature of Autistic Intelligence. Psychological Science, 18(8), 657-662.

Publication date: 31 Jul 2007 Added to AutiHub: 3 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 4 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 1 / 41 (2.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 1 / 78 (1.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 1 / 67 (1.5%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Michelle Dawson* , Laurent Mottron (2006). Autism: Common, heritable, but not harmful. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29(4), 413-414.

Publication date: 1 Aug 2006 Added to AutiHub: 3 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 2 / 43 (4.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 2 / 189 (1.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 1 / 184 (0.5%)
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Michelle Dawson* , H. Hill Goldsmith (2005). Three Reasons Not to Believe in an Autism Epidemic. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(2), 55-58.

Publication date: 1 Apr 2005 Added to AutiHub: 3 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 0 / 31 (0.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 0 / 74 (0.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 0 / 70 (0.0%)
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