An Explanation for Repetitive Motor Behaviors in Autism: Facilitating Inventions via Trial-and-Error Discovery

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Caldwell-Harris, C. L. (2021). An Explanation for Repetitive Motor Behaviors in Autism: Facilitating Inventions via Trial-and-Error Discovery. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 657774-657774. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.657774

Publication date: 1 Jul 2021 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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1 / 1 (100.0%)
  1. Catherine L. Caldwell-Harris *

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Cited references
35
With a DOI
29
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
6
5 / 35 (14.3%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
2 / 35 (5.7%)
References with detected author names
33 / 35 (94.3%)
Without detected author names
2
Without a structured title
2
Without a stable identifier
4
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0
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
77
From DOI or external metadata
77
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
31 / 77 (40.3%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 46 / 77 (59.7%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
5 / 77 (6.5%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 5 / 31 (16.1%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 4 / 67 (6.0%).
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