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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.