The Boundaries of the Cognitive Phenotype of Autism: Theory of Mind, Central Coherence and Ambiguous Figure Perception in Young People with Autistic Traits

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

Simon Baron‐Cohen, Alan M. Leslie, Uta Frith · Cognition · 1985 · 8.4K citations

Social Sciences, Human Development, Psychology +15

Autistic disturbances of affective contact

Léo Kanner · The Nervous child · 1943 · 8.3K citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +14

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism

Catherine Lord, Susan Risi, Linda Lambrecht et al. · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2000 · 7.6K citations

Education, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

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

Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright, Richard Skinner et al. · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2001 · 6.5K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +6

Mindblindness: an essay on autism and theory of mind

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 3.7K citations

Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology +16