Prior Knowledge, Episodic Control and Theory of Mind in Autism: Toward an Integrative Account of Social Cognition
| Autor: | Joanna Korman, Tiziana Zalla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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episodic buffer
lcsh:BF1-990 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Social cognition Theory of mind medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences cognitive control General Psychology theory of mind prior knowledge Working memory 05 social sciences Cognition medicine.disease social priors lcsh:Psychology compensatory processes Autism Faux pas Baddeley's model of working memory Psychology Neurocognitive 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 9 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00752 |
| Popis: | Over the last 30 years, research has explored theory of mind (ToM), the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and to others. Work on ToM in typical and atypical populations has shed light on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying social understanding and interaction. The ToM hypothesis has long been regarded as one comprehensive explanation of the severe cognitive and behavioral impairments encountered by individuals with autism. However, high-functioning individuals can often pass both first-order and second-order false belief tasks using cognitive compensation strategies. To provide more sensitive measures of mental state attribution abilities, researchers have introduced more difficult, “advanced” theory of mind tasks. In this article, we argue that in attempting to bypass compensation strategies, these new advanced ToM tasks, such as the Faux Pas and the Strange Stories tasks, impose cognitive demands beyond those specific to the domain of ToM. We then provide an integrative account of social deficits in autism that takes into account several distinct components of mental state understanding, including both general cognitive capacities and processes specific to ToM. We argue that a number of related cognitive abilities, including episodic cognitive control and inferencing from prior knowledge, are necessary to understand how both people with autism and typical development navigate challenging, real-life social situations. |
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