Mindblind eyes: An absence of spontaneous theory of mind in Asperger syndrome

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5942, 2009, Pages 883-885

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Southgate, Victoria ^a   White, Sarah ^b   Frith, Uta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EYE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949209853     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176170     Document Type: Article

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29. We would like to thank D. Coniston for her invaluable help in data collection and G. Csibra and C. Frith for their helpful discussions. A.S. was supported by an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Fellowship (RES-063-27-0207), S.W. by a Medical Research Council of UK (MRC)/ESRC fellowship (PTA 037-27-0107), and U.F. by an MRC grant (G0701484) and the Aarhus Research Foundation.