Naïve Theories of Biology, Physics, and Psychology in Children with ASD
| Autor: | Kimberly Burnside, Diane Poulin-Dubois, Elizabeth Dutemple |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Deception
Autism Spectrum Disorder Population Theory of Mind behavioral disciplines and activities Task (project management) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Theory of mind mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Naïve physics 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child education Biology education.field_of_study Communication Physics 05 social sciences medicine.disease Autism spectrum disorder Autism Tracking (education) Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neurotypical 050104 developmental & child psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51:3600-3609 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
| Popis: | 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, physics, and biology (biological parts). Results suggest that children with ASD only underperform on an implicit false belief task. Performances in naïve biology and physics were equivalent across the two groups and uncorrelated to performance on the false belief task. This confirms that naïve physics and biological reasoning are intact in children with ASD but that tracking false beliefs is challenging for this population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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