Putting theory of mind in its place: Psychological explanations of the socio-emotional-communicative impairments in autistic spectrum disorder

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-246

  Boucher, Jill ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dyadic interaction; executive function; mentalizing; metacognition; metarepresentation; mindreading; relational complex reasoning; simulation; theory of mind; triadic interaction

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CRITICAL THINKING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THEORY OF MIND;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84861815693     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311430403     Document Type: Review

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