About the Authors

Elizabeth Pellicano

l.pellicano@ioe.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Adam Dinsmore

Affiliations Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust, Strategic Planning & Policy Unit, London, United Kingdom

Tony Charman

Affiliation Department of Psychology, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Dr. Charman has received grant or research support from the UK Medical Research Council, European Commission FP7, European Science Foundation, Autism Speaks, the Simons Foundation, Autistica, Research Autism, and the Waterloo Foundation. He has received royalties from Guilford Press and Sage. Dr Pellicano has received grant or research support from the Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council, the Nuffield Foundation, Research Autism, and the Waterloo Foundation. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP TC AD. Performed the experiments: EP TC AD. Analyzed the data: EP TC AD. Wrote the paper: EP TC.