Gray Atherton

Academic, Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Edge Hill University

United Kingdom

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Gray Atherton is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Edge Hill University, UK. His research primarily focuses on the intersection of board games and autism, exploring how game-based interventions can enhance pro-social behavior and reduce prejudice. Recent articles include studies on the lived experiences of autistic individuals and the effects of virtual reality on social skills development. Atherton's innovative work contributes to understanding autism through various interactive mediums and environments.

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Robyn Mooney

Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

University of Derby

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Andrea Piovesan

Academic, Lecturer in Psychology

Edge Hill University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Chris Fullwood

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Birmingham City University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Micael Sousa

University of Coimbra

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liam cross

University of Plymouth

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Linda Kaye

Associate Head and Professor

Edge Hill University

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Articles (22)

Metaphors and myths: Using the board game Dixit to understand the autistic lived experience

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Understanding How People Conceptualise Autism Through Images

GrooVR: an open access virtual reality drumming application to improve pro-sociality using synchronous movement

A Path Out: Using Video Games to Reduce Prejudice Towards Refugees

The Moving Mandala: Exploring the Pro-Social Effects of Musical and Non-Musical Synchrony in Children in a Virtual World

Testing the Proteus Effect in Autistic and Neurotypical Participants

A critical hit: Dungeons and Dragons as a buff for autistic people

The Wind in the Willows Effect: Does age affect human versus animal faux pas recognition?

Game changer: Exploring the role of board games in the lives of autistic people

Participatory Design of an Embodied Mixed Reality Experience Aimed to Assessing Individual and Collaborative Behaviors of Children

Autism, thy name is man: Exploring implicit and explicit gender bias in autism perceptions

Your Move: An open access dataset of over 1500 board gamer's demographics, preferences and motivations

Autism, pets, and the importance of seeing human

Does the Study of Culture Enrich Our Understanding of Autism? A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Life on the Spectrum in Japan and the West

Does the study of culture enrich our understanding of autism? A cross-cultural exploration of life on the spectrum in Japan and the West

Your Move: An Open Access Dataset of Over 1500 Board Gamer’s Demographics, Preferences and Motivations

Mediating Interpersonal Synchronization in Children through a Full-Body Mixed Reality System

Autism Through the Ages: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding How Age and Age of Diagnosis Affect Quality of Life

Autistic people outperform neurotypicals in a cartoon version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes

‘They ask no questions and pass no criticism’: A mixed-methods study exploring pet ownership in autism

Gendered violence and sexualized representations in video games: (Lack of) effect on gender-related attitudes

Reading the mind in cartoon eyes: Comparing human versus cartoon emotion recognition in those with high and low levels of autistic traits

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Robyn Mooney

Andrea Piovesan

Chris Fullwood

Micael Sousa

liam cross

Linda Kaye

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