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Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Show Atypical Patterns of Thoughts and Feelings during Rest
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Simpraga, Sonja; Weiland, Ricarda F.; Mansvelder, Huibert D.; Polderman, Tinca J. C.; Begeer, Sander; Smit, Dirk J. A.; Linkenkaer-Hansen, Klaus – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Mind wandering constitutes a major part of everyday experience and is inherently related to how we feel and identify ourselves. Thus, probing the character and content of thoughts and feelings experienced during mind-wandering episodes could lead to a better understanding of the human mind in health and disease. How mind wandering and spontaneous…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Cognitive Processes
Developing Communicative Competence: A Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of Mental State Terms and Indirect Requests
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De Mulder, Hannah – Journal of Child Language, 2015
This longitudinal study involving 101 Dutch four- and five-year-olds charts indirect request (IR) and mental state term (MST) understanding and investigates the role that Theory of Mind (ToM) and general linguistic ability (vocabulary, syntax, and spatial language) play in this development. The results showed basic understanding of IR and MST in…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Communicative Competence (Languages), Indo European Languages, Child Language