Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurodiversity: Implications for Autistic People and Clinicians

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Muggleton, J., Booth, R., & de Haan, M. (2025). Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurodiversity: Implications for Autistic People and Clinicians. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 10(1), 153-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-025-00470-0

Publication date: 12 Oct 2025 Added to AutiHub: 17 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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Authors

Publication authors
3
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 3 (33.3%)

Abstract

No structured abstract stored for this reference.

Bibliography cited by this reference

Cited references are imported from external metadata sources when they are available. The list may be partial.

Cited bibliography overview

These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 19 Sep 2026 07:57.

Cited references
69
With a DOI
60
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
9
12 / 69 (17.4%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
9 / 69 (13.0%)
References with detected author names
60 / 69 (87.0%)
Without detected author names
9
Without a structured title
9
Without a stable identifier
9
References with raw author names still to review
9
References with external metadata lookup issues
2
These indicators apply to cited references displayed on this page, after technical duplicates have been merged. A reference without a DOI can still support author statistics when a title and author names are available.
Author names detected in the cited bibliography
189
From DOI or external metadata
189
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
15
98 / 189 (51.9%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 91 / 189 (48.1%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
27 / 189 (14.3%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 27 / 98 (27.6%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 24 / 167 (14.4%).
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