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Direct linkKerr, Sharyn; Durkin, Kevin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
Standard false belief tasks indicate that normally developing children do not fully develop a theory of mind until the age of 4 years and that children with autism have an impaired theory of mind. Recent evidence, however, suggests that children as young as 3 years of age understand that thought bubbles depict mental representations and that these…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Children, Autism, Mental Age
