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Epub 2018 Aug 11. Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it Rebekah C White^ 1 , Anna Remington^ 2 Affiliations Expand Affiliations * ^1 1 University of Oxford, UK. * ^2 2 University College London, UK. * PMID: 30101594 * DOI: 10.1177/1362361318793408 Item in Clipboard Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it Rebekah C White et al. Autism. 2019 May. Show details Display options Display options Format [Abstract] Autism Actions * Search in PubMed * Search in NLM Catalog * Add to Search . 2019 May;23(4):1042-1045. doi: 10.1177/1362361318793408. Epub 2018 Aug 11. Authors Rebekah C White^ 1 , Anna Remington^ 2 Affiliations * ^1 1 University of Oxford, UK. * ^2 2 University College London, UK. * PMID: 30101594 * DOI: 10.1177/1362361318793408 Item in Clipboard Full text links Cite Display options Display options Format [Abstract] Abstract Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestion that object personification may be a feature of autism seems almost paradoxical. Why would a person experience sympathy for objects, when they struggle to understand and verbalise the emotions of other people as well as their own? An online survey was used to assess tendency for personification in 87 autistic and 263 non-autistic adults. Together, our results indicate that object personification occurs commonly among autistic individuals, and perhaps more often (and later in life) than in the general population. Given that in many cases, autistic people report their personification experiences as distressing, it is important to consider the reasons for the increased personification and identify structures for support. Keywords: anthropomorphism; autism spectrum disorders; cognition (attention, learning, memory); perception; personification. PubMed Disclaimer Similar articles * A Friendly Article: The Qualitative Investigation of Anthropomorphism in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults. Negri O, White RC, Remington A. Negri O, et al. Autism Adulthood. 2019 Dec 1;1(4):286-296. doi: 10.1089/aut.2019.0027. Epub 2019 Dec 13. Autism Adulthood. 2019. PMID: 36601321 Free PMC article. * Autistic traits and loneliness in autism are associated with increased tendencies to anthropomorphise. Caruana N, White RC, Remington A. 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