TY - JOUR
T1 - Theory of mind abilities in individuals with autism, Down syndrome, and mental retardation of unknown etiology
T2 - The role of age and intelligence
AU - Yirmiya, Nurit
AU - Solomonica-Levi, Daphna
AU - Shulman, Cory
AU - Pilowsky, Tammy
PY - 1996/11
Y1 - 1996/11
N2 - We examined theory of mind abilities of individuals with autism, mental retardation (MR) of unknown etiology, Down syndrome, and normal children. On false belief and deception tasks, normal children performed better than all clinical groups, while no differences emerged among the clinical groups. The groups with MR performed better than the group with autism on the value task only. For individuals with autism, theory of mind abilities correlated with verbal ability. For individuals with MR nonverbal abilities correlated with deception and false belief scores. Findings are discussed in terms of the specificity of the theory of mind deficit to autism. Copyright (C) 1996 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
AB - We examined theory of mind abilities of individuals with autism, mental retardation (MR) of unknown etiology, Down syndrome, and normal children. On false belief and deception tasks, normal children performed better than all clinical groups, while no differences emerged among the clinical groups. The groups with MR performed better than the group with autism on the value task only. For individuals with autism, theory of mind abilities correlated with verbal ability. For individuals with MR nonverbal abilities correlated with deception and false belief scores. Findings are discussed in terms of the specificity of the theory of mind deficit to autism. Copyright (C) 1996 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
KW - Autism
KW - Cognition
KW - Down syndrome
KW - Theory of mind
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029908144&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01497.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01497.x
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C2 - 9119934
AN - SCOPUS:0029908144
SN - 0021-9630
VL - 37
SP - 1003
EP - 1014
JO - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
JF - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
IS - 8
ER -