A continuous false belief task reveals egocentric biases in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-366

  Begeer, Sander ^a,b   Bernstein, Daniel M ^c   Van Wijhe, Jonas ^a   Scheeren, Anke M ^a   Koot, Hans M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Bias; Egocentrism; Social Cognition; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGOCENTRICITY; FALSE BELIEF TASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84865030971     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311434545     Document Type: Article

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