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Theory of mind hypothesis Theory of mind hypothesis of autismof autism
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Children with autism have difficulty with false beliefBaron-Cohen et al (1985)
Sally puts her ball in the box and then leaves
While Sally is away, Anne puts the ball in the bag
Sally returns for her ball. Where will she look?
• Criticisms: de Gelder (1987) • Why should people with
autism attribute mental states to dolls?
• Why test understanding with a game that involves make-believe when children with autism are known to be weak at that?
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Responses to deGelder’s criticisms
Leslie & Frith (1988) Perner et al (1989)
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Message-desire taskMitchell et al (1997)
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Understanding the function of the brainBaron-Cohen (1989)
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What about the 24% who give a correct Judgment?Difficulty with second-order attributions (Baron-Cohen, 1989)
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What about those who pass 2nd order tasks?Baron-Cohen et al (1997): Advanced ToM task
Happy-Sad Angry-Afraid
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Klin et al (2002)– viewing social scenes
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Interpreting mental states from facesBack et al
Deciding
Disapproving
Don’t trust
Not interested
Relieved
Surprised
Not sure
Worried
Worried eyes static (neutral)
Worried mouth static (neutral)
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Percentage correct
0102030405060708090
100
Full dynamic Eyes frozen Mouth frozen
Autism
Typical