A recent eye-tracking study fails to reveal agency in assisted autistic communication

@article{Beals2021ARE,
  title={A recent eye-tracking study fails to reveal agency in assisted autistic communication},
  author={Katharine P. Beals},
  journal={Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention},
  year={2021},
  volume={15},
  pages={46 - 51},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:236600771}
}
  • K. Beals
  • Published 2 January 2021
  • Psychology
  • Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
In May 2020, Scientific Reports published a paper entitled “Eye-tracking Reveals Agency in Assisted Autistic Communication” (Jaswal et al., 2020). This paper has attracted widespread attention amon... 
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