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Theory of Mind in Non‐Retarded Children with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. A Research Note
Author(s) -
Dahlgren Sven Olof,
Trillingsgaard Anegen
Publication year - 1996
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.1469-7610.1996.tb01469.x
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , asperger syndrome , theory of mind , mind blindness , developmental psychology , developmental disorder , psychiatry , cognition
In the present study, 20 non‐retarded children with autism and 20 non‐retarded children with Asperger's syndrome, individually matched to the group of children with autism, participated. No statistically significant differences between the groups were found in the theory of mind tasks. In fact, the two groups performed almost as well as a group of normal children. These findings suggest that the theory of mind model has its limitations in explaining autism and that children with Asperger's syndrome are not more competent in theory of mind tasks than children with autism within the normal range of intelligence.