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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Performance of Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning Autism on Advanced Theory of Mind Tasks

Auteurs: Nils Kaland, Kirsten Callesen, Annette Møller-Nielsen, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Lars Smith

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 6/2008

Abstract

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.

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Titel: Performance of Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning Autism on Advanced Theory of Mind Tasks
Auteurs: Nils Kaland
Kirsten Callesen
Annette Møller-Nielsen
Erik Lykke Mortensen
Lars Smith
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0496-8

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