articleTop 1% cited

The Empathy Quotient: An Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and Normal Sex Differences

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2004 · Vol. 34(2) · pp. 163–175

Simon Baron‐Cohen✉Sally Wheelwright(University of Cambridge)

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Child Development and Digital Technology Family and Disability Support ResearchEmpathyPsychologyAutismHigh-functioning autismAsperger syndromePopulationIntelligence quotientDevelopmental psychologyClinical psychologyPsychiatry

MeSH terms

AdolescentAdultAutistic DisorderEmpathyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychological TestsPsychological TheorySurveys and QuestionnairesSex CharacteristicsAsperger Syndrome

Citations

3,989

FWCI

17.97

field-weighted impact

References

Percentile

100%

vs. same field & year

Citations per year

Cited by

The Neural Substrate of Human Empathy: Effects of Perspective-taking and Cognitive Appraisal

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 2007 · 1,447 citations

Dissociation of Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Adults with Asperger Syndrome Using the Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET)

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2007 · 869 citations

The empathic brain: how, when and why?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2006 · 1,678 citations

The Weak Coherence Account: Detail-focused Cognitive Style in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2006 · 2,796 citations

The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)—Adolescent Version

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2006 · 534 citations

Measuring empathy: reliability and validity of the Empathy Quotient

Psychological Medicine · 2004 · 986 citations

Vision in autism spectrum disorders

Vision Research · 2009 · 821 citations

References

A multidimensional approach to individual differences in empathy

Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1980 · 4,780 citations

Recognition of Faux Pas by Normally Developing Children and Children with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 1999 · 1,173 citations

A cognitive developmental approach to morality: investigating the psychopath

Cognition · 1995 · 1,524 citations

INFANTILE AUTISM: A GENETIC STUDY OF 21 TWIN PAIRS

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 1977 · 1,340 citations

Another Advanced Test of Theory of Mind: Evidence from Very High Functioning Adults with Autism or Asperger Syndrome

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 1997 · 1,945 citations

Does the autistic child have a “theory of mind” ?

Cognition · 1985 · 8,316 citations

The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Evidence from Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism, Males and Females, Scientists and Mathematicians

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2001 · 6,329 citations

Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account

Psychological Medicine · 1981 · 1,883 citations

Citation Network

How this paper connects to the literature. Drag to explore, click any node to open that paper.