Evidence record

Murray D, Lesser M, Lawson W. Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism. Autism. 2005;9(2):139-156.

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Source record

Source kind: peer reviewed
Evidence model: Accepted legacy v0.1 embedded source
Accessed: 2026-08-28
Oracle last reviewed: 2026-08-28

Open source

Claims this source bears on

Monotropism proposes that atypical allocation of attention and strongly concentrated interests may help explain aspects of autistic experience, but this remains a theoretical account rather than a proven universal mechanism.

Claim reference: monotropism#monotropism-claim-core · Confidence: contested · Evidence role: Legacy source route — no v0.2 contribution role inferred

Evidence limitations

None recorded.

Claim uncertainty

Which predictions of monotropism distinguish it from other attention, executive-function and predictive-processing accounts of autism?

Funding and conflicts

None recorded.

Evidence projection provenance

Evidence-bounded content expansion for v0.9. Primary research or authoritative source checked on 2026-08-28; claims are deliberately narrower than the source and uncertainty remains explicit.

Public projection ID: legacy-monotropism-monotropism-source-core