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Wilson, Alexander C. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This meta-analysis tested whether autistic people show a marked, isolated difficulty with mentalising when assessed using the Frith-Happé Animations, an advanced test of mentalising (or 'theory of mind'). Effect sizes were aggregated in multivariate meta-analysis from 33 papers reporting data for over 3000 autistic and non-autistic people.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Theory of Mind, Geometric Concepts
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Brewer, Neil; Zoanetti, Jordana; Young, Robyn L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Brewer, Young, and Barnett reported a comprehensive psychometric evaluation of a new adult theory of mind measure (A-ToM) with a sample of high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) adults. Although correlations with existing theory of mind (ToM) instruments (i.e., the Strange Stories; the Frith- Happé animations) were reported, relationships…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Theory of Mind, Adults, Autism
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Pedreño, C.; Pousa, E.; Navarro, J. B.; Pàmias, M.; Obiols, J. E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Performance of a group of 35 youth and adults with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) was compared with a typical developing (TD) group on three Advanced Theory of Mind tests. The distinction between the social-cognitive and social-perceptual components of Theory of Mind was also explored. The HFA group had more difficulties in all tasks. Performance…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Cognitive Tests
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Durrleman, Stephanie; Delage, Hélène – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2016
This study investigates syntax in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), its parallelism with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and its relation to other aspects of cognition. We focus on (1) 3rd person accusative clitic (ACC3) production, a clinical marker of SLI hypothesized to relate to WM, and (2) 1st person accusative clitic (ACC1) production,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Impairments