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Poulin-Dubois, Diane; Dutemple, Elizabeth; Burnside, Kimberly – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Theory of mind is defined as the understanding that mental states predict and explain people's behaviors. It develops around the age of 4 but seems to remain deficient in people with ASD, whereas other forms of naïve understanding remain intact. This study compares children with ASD to neurotypical children on tasks measuring naïve psychology,…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Biology, Physics, Psychology
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Alkire, Diana; Warnell, Katherine Rice; Kirby, Laura Anderson; Moraczewski, Dustin; Redcay, Elizabeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The social symptoms of autism spectrum disorder are likely influenced by multiple psychological processes, yet most previous studies have focused on a single social domain. In school-aged autistic children (n = 49), we compared the amount of variance in social symptoms uniquely explained by theory of mind (ToM), biological motion perception,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Theory of Mind