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  1. Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK

    Damian Elgin Maclean Milton

  2. Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Brett Heasman

  3. School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Elizabeth Sheppard

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Milton, D.E.M., Heasman, B., Sheppard, E. (2018). Double Empathy. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102273-1

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