Author:
BUITELAAR JAN K.,VAN DER WEES MARLEEN,SWAAB–BARNEVELD HANNA,VAN DER GAAG RUTGER JAN
Abstract
The hypothesis was tested that weak theory of mind (ToM) and/or emotion
recognition (ER) abilities are specific to subjects with autism. Differences in ToM and ER
performance were examined between autistic (n = 20), pervasive developmental
disorder—not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) (n = 20), psychiatric control
(n = 20), and normal children (n = 20). The clinical groups were matched
person-to-person on age and verbal IQ. We used tasks for the matching and the context
recognition of emotional expressions, and a set of first- and second-order ToM tasks. Autistic
and PDD-NOS children could not be significantly differentiated from each other, nor could they
be differentiated from the psychiatric controls with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 9). The
psychiatric controls with conduct disorder or dysthymia performed about as well as normal
children. The variance in second-order ToM performance contributed most to differences
between diagnostic groups.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology
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