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Peer reviewedLancey, David F.; Goldstein, Gayle I. – Child Development, 1982
Tests the hypothesis that the presence of attentional deficits in autistic children interferes with their performance on tests of intellectual development and status. Twelve autistic, 12 normal, and 12 trainable mentally retarded children ages four through nine were administered six "Piagetian" tasks assessing performance at…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedPeterson, Candida C. – Child Development, 2002
Three studies examined theory-of-mind concepts among children ages 6-13 years with deafness or autism, and 4-year-olds with normal development. Findings indicated that while the children with deafness or autism scored significantly lower on standard tests of false belief understanding, they scored higher on even the most challenging drawing-based…
Descriptors: Autism, Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
