Mentalizing or submentalizing in a communication task? Evidence from autism and a camera control

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 844-849

  Santiesteban, Idalmis ^a   Shah, Punit ^a,b   White, Sarah ^c   Bird, Geoffrey ^b,c   Heyes, Cecilia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Director task; Mentalizing; Object centered spatial coding; Perspective taking; Submentalizing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; VISION;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84928955136     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0716-0     Document Type: Article

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