TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance of children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism on advanced theory of mind tasks
AU - Kaland, Nils
AU - Callesen, Kirsten
AU - Møller-Nielsen, Annette
AU - Mortensen, Erik Lykke
AU - Smith, Lars
N1 - Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Asperger Syndrome; Attention; Autistic Disorder; Child; Concept Formation; Emotions; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; Intelligence; Male; Neuropsychological Tests; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Personal Construct Theory; Reading; Semantics
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Although a number of advanced theory of mind tasks have been developed, there is a dearth of information on whether performances on different tasks are associated. The present study examined the performance of 21 children and adolescents with diagnoses of Asperger syndrome (AS) and 20 typically developing controls on three advanced theory of mind tasks: The Eyes Task, the Strange Stories, and the Stories from Everyday Life. The participants in the clinical group demonstrated lower performance than the controls on all the three tasks. The pattern of findings, however, indicates that these tasks may share different information-processing requirements in addition to tapping different mentalizing abilities.
AB - Although a number of advanced theory of mind tasks have been developed, there is a dearth of information on whether performances on different tasks are associated. The present study examined the performance of 21 children and adolescents with diagnoses of Asperger syndrome (AS) and 20 typically developing controls on three advanced theory of mind tasks: The Eyes Task, the Strange Stories, and the Stories from Everyday Life. The participants in the clinical group demonstrated lower performance than the controls on all the three tasks. The pattern of findings, however, indicates that these tasks may share different information-processing requirements in addition to tapping different mentalizing abilities.
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-007-0496-8
DO - 10.1007/s10803-007-0496-8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18058213
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 38
SP - 1112
EP - 1123
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 6
ER -