How Children with Autism Reason about Other's Intentions: False-Belief and Counterfactual Inferences.
J Autism Dev Disord
; 47(6): 1806-1817, 2017 06.
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ABSTRACT
We examine false belief and counterfactual reasoning in children with autism with a new change-of-intentions task. Children listened to stories, for example, Anne is picking up toys and John hears her say she wants to find her ball. John goes away and the reason for Anne's action changes-Anne's mother tells her to tidy her bedroom. We asked, 'What will John believe is the reason that Anne is picking up toys?' which requires a false-belief inference, and 'If Anne's mother hadn't asked Anne to tidy her room, what would have been the reason she was picking up toys?' which requires a counterfactual inference. We tested children aged 6, 8 and 10 years. Children with autism made fewer correct inferences than typically developing children at 8 years, but by 10 years there was no difference. Children with autism made fewer correct false-belief than counterfactual inferences, just like typically developing children.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno Autístico
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Cultura
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Intención
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Autism Dev Disord
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Portugal