Publications

2025
The wind in the willows effect: Does age affect human versus animal faux pas recognition?
Gray AthertonLucy RobinsonLucie Guy SmithLiam Cross
Journal of experimental child psychology 249, 106116
2024
" We've All Come Together": A Board-Gaming Approach for Working with Autistic People.
Gray AthertonEmily DawsonLiam Cross
American journal of play 16 (1), 97-122
2024
A critical hit: Dungeons and Dragons as a buff for autistic people
Gray AthertonRhys HathawayIngela VisuriLiam Cross
Autism
2024
DragonIce, an Initial Full-Body Mixed Reality Experience to Facilitate Interpersonal Synchrony in Children
Olga GaliSena Beste ErcanDeniz HepdoğanGray AthertonLiam CrossNarcis Pares
2024
Game changer: Exploring the role of board games in the lives of autistic people
Liam CrossFrancesca BelshawAndrea PiovesanGray Atherton
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 1-20
2024
Gendered violence and sexualized representations in video games:(Lack of) effect on gender-related attitudes
Liam CrossLinda K KayeJuris SavostijanovsNeil McLatchieMatthew JohnstonLiam WhitemanRobyn MooneyGray Atherton
New media & society 26 (3), 1648-1669
2024
Participatory Design of an Embodied Mixed Reality Experience Aimed to Assessing Individual and Collaborative Behaviors of Children
Olga GaliGözde TüterSena Beste ErcanÓscar DelgadoGray AthertonLiam CrossNarcis Pares
Proceedings of the acm on human-computer interaction 8 (Chi play), 1-27
2024
People with dyslexia or dyscalculia are less biased: Results of a preregistered study from over 450,000 people on the implicit association test
Liam CrossGray AthertonRoderick I Nicolson
Neurodiversity 2, 27546330241288164
2024
We've all come together. A board-gaming approach for working with autistic people
Gray AthertonEmily DawsonLiam Cross
American journal of play 16 (1), 97 - 122
2024
“We’ve all come together”: A board game intervention for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities
Gray AthertonEmily DawsonLiam Cross
The american journal of play 16 (1)
2023
Autism, pets, and the importance of seeing human
Gray AthertonAndrea PiovesanLiam Cross
Autism research 16 (9), 1765-1774
2023
Autism, thy name is man: Exploring implicit and explicit gender bias in autism perceptions
Rae BrickhillGray AthertonAndrea PiovesanLiam Cross
Plos one 18 (8), E0284013
2023
Does the study of culture enrich our understanding of autism? A cross-cultural exploration of life on the spectrum in Japan and the West
Gray AthertonYuko MorimotoSatoshi NakashimaLiam Cross
Journal of cross-cultural psychology 54 (5), 610-634
2023
Mediating Interpersonal Synchronization in Children through a Full-Body Mixed Reality System: Analysis of the Pre-Interactive Mandala Experience
Olga GaliSena Beste ErcanGray AthertonLiam CrossBatuhan SayisPamela HeatonNarcis Pares
Presence: virtual and augmented reality 32, 35-51
2023
Your move: An open access dataset of over 1500 board gamer’s demographics, preferences and motivations
Liam CrossAndrea PiovesanMicael SousaPeter WrightGray Atherton
Simulation & gaming 54 (5), 554-575
2023
‘They ask no questions and pass no criticism’: A mixed-methods study exploring pet ownership in autism
Gray AthertonEmma EdisburyAndrea PiovesanLiam Cross
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 53 (8), 3280-3294
2022
Autism through the ages: A mixed methods approach to understanding how age and age of diagnosis affect quality of life
Gray AthertonEmma EdisburyAndrea PiovesanLiam Cross
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 1-16
2022
Autistic people outperform neurotypicals in a cartoon version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes
Liam CrossAndrea PiovesanGray Atherton
Autism research 15 (9), 1603-1608
2022
In-person and remote workshops for people with neurocognitive disorders: Recommendations from a Delphi panel
Valeria ManeraLuis Agüera-OrtizFlorence AskenazyBruno DuboisXavier CorveleynLiam CrossEmma Febvre-RichardsRoxane FabreNathalie FernandezPierre FoulonAuriane GrosCedric GueyraudMikael LebourhisPatrick MalléaLéa MartinezMarie-Pierre PancraziMagali PayneVincent RobertLaurent TamagnoSusanne ThümmlerPhilippe Robert
Frontiers in aging neuroscience 13, 747804
2022
Reading the mind in cartoon eyes: Comparing human versus cartoon emotion recognition in those with high and low levels of autistic traits
Gray AthertonLiam Cross
Psychological reports 125 (3), 1380-1396
2021
Intentional synchronisation affects automatic imitation and source memory
Liam CrossGray AthertonNatalie Sebanz
Scientific reports 11 (1), 573
2021
Lost in the crowd: Imagining walking in synchrony with a crowd increases affiliation and deindividuation
Benjamin Philip CrosseyGray AthertonLiam Cross
Plos one 16 (7), E0254017
2021
Moving From Me to We: Interpersonal Coordination’s Effects on Self-Construal
Liam CrossLiam WhitemanSarah WardGray Atherton
Open psychology 3 (1), 50-63
2021
Moving with the in-crowd: Cooperation and interpersonal entrainment in in-vs. out-groups
Liam CrossMartine TurgeonGray Atherton
Current psychology 40, 3393-3400
2021
The use of analog and digital games for autism interventions
Gray AthertonLiam Cross
2021
The wild west of measurement: Exploring problematic technology use cut off scores and their relation to psychosocial and behavioural outcomes in adolescence
Tracey ConnollyGray AthertonLiam CrossAndrea PiovesanLinda K Kaye
Computers in human behavior 125, 106965
2020
A psychometric investigation into the structure of deception strategy use
Iain HamlinPaul J TaylorLiam CrossKatharina MacInnesSophie Van der Zee
Journal of police and criminal psychology, 1-11
2020
I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?
Liam CrossAndrew D WilsonSabrina Golonka
The journal of social psychology 160 (2), 248-262
2020
Still want to help? Interpersonal coordination's effects on helping behaviour after a 24 hour delay
Liam CrossJohn MichaelLuke WilsdonAgnes HensonGray Atherton
Acta psychologica 206, 103062
2020
Walk in my shoes
Liam Cross
Psychologist 34 (6), 24-27
2020
Walking in my shoes: Imagined coordination’s effects on attitudes towards refugees. Psychological Studies.
Gray AthertonLiam Cross
Psychological studies, 1-9
2020
Walking in my shoes: Imagined synchrony improves attitudes towards out-groups
Gray AthertonLiam Cross
Psychological studies 65 (4), 351-359
2019
Animal faux pas: Two legs good four legs bad for theory of mind, but not in the broad autism spectrum
Gray AthertonLiam Cross
The journal of genetic psychology 180 (2-3), 81-95
2019
Are you what you read? Predicting implicit attitudes to immigration based on linguistic distributional cues from newspaper readership; a pre-registered study
Dermot LynottMichael WalshTony McEneryLouise ConnellLiam CrossKerry O’Brien
Frontiers in psychology 10, 842
2019
Beyond neurodiversity?
LIAM CROSSGRAY ATHERTON
The psychologist 32, 2-3
2019
Beyond tokenism in autism research, and more Reply
Liam CrossGray Atherton
Psychologist 32, 3-3
2019
Correction: Imagine all the synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups (PLoS One (2019) 14: 5 (e0216585
G AthertonN SebanzL Cross
Plos one 14 (7), E0220264
2019
How moving together binds us together: the social consequences of interpersonal entrainment and group processes
Liam CrossMartine TurgeonGray Atherton
2019
How moving together binds us together: the social consequences of interpersonal entrainment and group processes
Liam CrossMartine TurgeonGray Atherton
2019
Imagine all the synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups
Gray AthertonNatalie SebanzLiam Cross
Plos one 14 (5), E0216585
2019
Moving with the in-crowd: Interpersonal entrainment and cooperation in in-vs. out—groups
L CrossM TurgeonG Atherton
Current psychology 10
2019
The animal in me: Enhancing emotion recognition in adolescents with autism using animal filters
Liam CrossMyles FarhaGray Atherton
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 49, 4482-4487
2019
What am I thinking? Perspective-taking from the perspective of adolescents with autism
Gray AthertonBen LummisSusan X DayLiam Cross
Autism 23 (5), 1186-1200
2018
Musik: Von der Koordination zur Kooperation
Manfred Spitzer
Nervenheilkunde 37 (6), 433-438
2018
Seeing more than human: Autism and anthropomorphic theory of mind
Gray AthertonLiam Cross
2017
Guardian and Daily Mail Readers' Implicit Attitudes to Immigration.
Dermot LynottMichael WalshTony McEneryLouise ConnellLiam Cross
2017
Imagined steps: Mental simulation of coordinated rhythmic movements effects on pro-sociality
Liam CrossGray AthertonAndrew D WilsonSabrina Golonka
Frontiers in psychology 8, 1798
2017
Thinking About You… Thinking About Me… Thinking About Traits and Social Cognition
Gray S Atherton
2016
How moving together brings us together: When coordinated rhythmic movement affects cooperation
Liam CrossAndrew D WilsonSabrina Golonka
Frontiers in psychology 7, 1983
2014
What Am I Thinking? Theory of Mind Development in Autism
Gray S Atherton

Publications

The wind in the willows effect: Does age affect human versus animal faux pas recognition?

" We've All Come Together": A Board-Gaming Approach for Working with Autistic People.

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

DragonIce, an Initial Full-Body Mixed Reality Experience to Facilitate Interpersonal Synchrony in Children

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

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

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

People with dyslexia or dyscalculia are less biased: Results of a preregistered study from over 450,000 people on the implicit association test

We've all come together. A board-gaming approach for working with autistic people

“We’ve all come together”: A board game intervention for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities

Autism, pets, and the importance of seeing human

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

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

Mediating Interpersonal Synchronization in Children through a Full-Body Mixed Reality System: Analysis of the Pre-Interactive Mandala Experience

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

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

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

In-person and remote workshops for people with neurocognitive disorders: Recommendations from a Delphi panel

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

Intentional synchronisation affects automatic imitation and source memory

Lost in the crowd: Imagining walking in synchrony with a crowd increases affiliation and deindividuation

Moving From Me to We: Interpersonal Coordination’s Effects on Self-Construal

Moving with the in-crowd: Cooperation and interpersonal entrainment in in-vs. out-groups

The use of analog and digital games for autism interventions

The wild west of measurement: Exploring problematic technology use cut off scores and their relation to psychosocial and behavioural outcomes in adolescence

A psychometric investigation into the structure of deception strategy use

I’ll just watch: Do the pro-social effects of coordination really generalize to non-actors?

Still want to help? Interpersonal coordination's effects on helping behaviour after a 24 hour delay

Walk in my shoes

Walking in my shoes: Imagined coordination’s effects on attitudes towards refugees. Psychological Studies.

Walking in my shoes: Imagined synchrony improves attitudes towards out-groups

Animal faux pas: Two legs good four legs bad for theory of mind, but not in the broad autism spectrum

Are you what you read? Predicting implicit attitudes to immigration based on linguistic distributional cues from newspaper readership; a pre-registered study

Beyond neurodiversity?

Beyond tokenism in autism research, and more Reply

Correction: Imagine all the synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups (PLoS One (2019) 14: 5 (e0216585

How moving together binds us together: the social consequences of interpersonal entrainment and group processes

How moving together binds us together: the social consequences of interpersonal entrainment and group processes

Imagine all the synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups

Moving with the in-crowd: Interpersonal entrainment and cooperation in in-vs. out—groups

The animal in me: Enhancing emotion recognition in adolescents with autism using animal filters

What am I thinking? Perspective-taking from the perspective of adolescents with autism

Musik: Von der Koordination zur Kooperation

Seeing more than human: Autism and anthropomorphic theory of mind

Guardian and Daily Mail Readers' Implicit Attitudes to Immigration.

Imagined steps: Mental simulation of coordinated rhythmic movements effects on pro-sociality

Thinking About You… Thinking About Me… Thinking About Traits and Social Cognition

How moving together brings us together: When coordinated rhythmic movement affects cooperation

What Am I Thinking? Theory of Mind Development in Autism