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Self‐recognition and stimulus preference in autistic children

Author(s) -

Neuman Cynthia J.,

Hill Suzanne D.

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

developmental psychobiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 1098-2302

pISSN - 0012-1630

DOI - 10.1002/dev.420110606

Subject(s) - psychology , stimulus (psychology) , autism , developmental psychology , preference , audiology , cognitive psychology , medicine , mathematics , statistics

A common notion regarding autistic children is that they do not show self‐recognition. In this study, 7 autistic children were compared to a group of normal infants at the age of self‐recognition. Using a videotape “mirror image” and an objective self‐recognition criterion, we observed that 6 of the 7 autistic children exhibited self‐recognition. In a 2‐choice preference situation, autistic children tended to prefer the more predictable mirror image to a previously taped film of self.

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