Bibliography and sources
From 2026, Context Thinking publishes the scientific sources at the bottom of each topic page, where they belong thematically. This way you can see immediately which literature supports each text. This page is the central index: core references of the entire platform, links per topic, and the supplementary books, guidelines and other sources.
Core references of the platform
These sources support the framework as a whole. They also recur on the specific pages where they thematically belong.
- Vermeulen, P. (2015). Context Blindness in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Not Using the Forest to See the Trees as Trees. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 30(3), 182–192. doi:10.1177/1088357614528799 — the original article that explicates the concept of context blindness.
- Vermeulen, P. — Autisme als contextblindheid (Acco, Leuven). ISBN 9789033476129 — the key Dutch-language book.
- Friston, K. (2010). The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11(2), 127–138. doi:10.1038/nrn2787 — PubMed 20068583 — the hierarchically predictive brain.
- Frith, U., & Happé, F. (1994). Autism: beyond "Theory of Mind". PubMed 8039356 — the broader cognitive context for autism.
- Happé, F., & Frith, U. (2006). The weak coherence account: detail-focused cognitive style in autism spectrum disorders. PubMed 16450045 — weak central coherence as a trait characteristic.
- Greven, C. U., Lionetti, F., Booth, C., Aron, E. N., Fox, E., Schendan, H. E., Pluess, M., Bruining, H., Acevedo, B., Bijttebier, P., & Homberg, J. (2019). Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 98, 287–305. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.01.009 — the authoritative multidisciplinary overview of sensitivity as a trait characteristic.
References per topic
For the complete literature, click through to the relevant page. At the bottom of each page is the corresponding reference list.
- Contextual thinking — what is context?
- How our brains use context
- The spectrum of context sensitivity
- The multidimensional profile
- The mirror-thinking effect
- Thinking style, not gender
- Intense World Theory and context sensitivity
- Context and DSM
- Mirror-thinking effect in health care
- Very strong first-degree thinking
- Autism and context blindness
- Personality disorders and context sensitivity
- Sensory overload and coping
- High sensitivity: one word, three stories
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Problem of basic trust
- Burnout and depression
- ADHD and context sensitivity
- Empathy and thinking styles
- More diagnoses due to less contextualization
- Context sensitivity and heredity
- High-contextuals as helpers
- Guidance and treatment
The following books, guidelines and other sources contain valuable material that has no natural place on one specific topic page.
Books & popular literature
- Vermeulen, P. – Autisme als contextblindheid. ISBN 9789033476129
- Vermeulen, P. – Een gesloten boek: autisme en emoties. ISBN 9789033496400
- Vermeulen, P. – Autisme en het voorspellend brein. ISBN 9789463372848
- Vermeulen, P. – Brein bedriegt. ISBN 9789064457173
- Schepers, S. – Als alle breinen werken. ISBN 9789047017240
- Baron-Cohen, S. – Nul empathie. ISBN 9789057123436
- Hendrickx, S. – Meisjes en vrouwen met autisme. ISBN 9789492297471
- Carpenter, B., Happé, F. & Egerton, J. – Girls and Autism. ISBN 9780815377269
- Fletcher-Watson, S. & Happé, F. – Autism. ISBN 9781138106123
- Fjelstad, M. – Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist. ISBN 9781442238321
- Gillespie, D. – Taming Toxic People. ISBN 9781760555047
- Kandel, E. – De gestoorde geest. ISBN 9789045035673
- Van den Ende, J. – Klinisch redeneren, van model naar competentie. ISBN 9789463447133
- Brown, B. – De kracht van kwetsbaarheid. ISBN 9789047008675
Guidelines & protocols
- Multidisciplinaire richtlijn diagnostiek en behandeling van autismespectrumstoornissen bij volwassenen (C.C. Kan et al., 2013). ISBN 9789058982360
- Classificerend Diagnostisch Protocol Autismespectrumstoornis bij Volwassenen (Kwaliteitscentrum Diagnostiek, 2018).
- Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ-50) – Nederlandse versie. Link