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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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17-05-2019 | Original Paper

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’s Lying is Correlated with Their Working Memory But Not Theory of Mind

Auteurs: Weina Ma, Liyang Sai, Cleo Tay, Youhong Du, Jie Jiang, Xiao Pan Ding

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2019

Abstract

The present study examined the role of executive function in lying for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The temptation resistance paradigm was used to elicit children’s self-protective lies and the Hide-and-seek task was used to elicit children’s self-benefiting lies. Results showed that children with ASD told fewer lies in the two deception tasks compared to children with intellectual disability (ID) and typically developing (TD) children. Furthermore, children with ASD’s lying were positively correlated with their working memory, but not with their theory of mind. These findings demonstrate that the mechanisms underlying deception for children with ASD are distinct from that of TD children.

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Titel: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’s Lying is Correlated with Their Working Memory But Not Theory of Mind
Auteurs: Weina Ma
Liyang Sai
Cleo Tay
Youhong Du
Jie Jiang
Xiao Pan Ding
Publicatiedatum: 17-05-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04018-9

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