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| Title |
Social Behaviors Increase in Children with Autism in the Presence of Animals Compared to Toys
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0057010 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marguerite E. O'Haire, Samantha J. McKenzie, Alan M. Beck, Virginia Slaughter |
| Abstract |
Previous research has demonstrated the capacity of animal presence to stimulate social interaction among humans. The purpose of this study was to examine the interactions of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with an adult and their typically-developing peers in the presence of animals (two guinea pigs) compared to toys. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 198 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 72 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 6% |
| Australia | 7 | 4% |
| Spain | 6 | 3% |
| Brazil | 4 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| India | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 61 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 167 | 84% |
| Scientists | 18 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 311 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 301 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 51 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 49 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 38 | 12% |
| Researcher | 24 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 7% |
| Other | 54 | 17% |
| Unknown | 73 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 81 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 28 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 7% |
| Other | 43 | 14% |
| Unknown | 81 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 585. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 September 2023.
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#40,548
of 25,765,370 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#662
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Outputs of similar age
#197
of 205,965 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#14
of 5,370 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,765,370 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 224,606 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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