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Article History

Received: 8 October 2018

Accepted: 8 May 2019

First Online: 27 May 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was from the Psychology Research Ethics Committee (PREC), University of Cambridge, UK. Adults with Asperger syndrome (AS) or high-functioning autism (HFA) can give informed consent since by definition they have at least average, if not above-average IQ. Consent was obtained online when participants registered to join the research database and where they had the opportunity to read the Terms and Conditions, which included how their data will be used for research and how their personal information is only seen by named database managers who take legal responsibility for data protection. These data cover both their questionnaire data but also performance data each participant provides, and their willingness to be recontacted to hear about new studies. This consent procedure was approved by PREC as well.

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