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Debate and Argument: On Modularity and Development in Autism: a Reply to Burack
Author(s) -
BaronCohen Simon
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00896.x
Subject(s) - deviance (statistics) , autism , psychology , modularity (biology) , argument (complex analysis) , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , medicine , machine learning , biology , genetics
Burack (this issue) reopens questions First raised by ray 1989a article in this Journal, on whether children with autism have a specific delay in the development of a theory of mind, or whether the data reflect deviance rather, than delay: His paper is of considerable value in highlighting points for debate. In my response, I focus on three issues: First, the logical possibility that delay and deviance can occur together. Second, die evidence that autism may instantiate this possibility. Finally, the important question of the modularity of theory of mind.