Research on Theory of Mind in Autism
- VernacularTitle:10例孤独症儿童心理推测能力的测试分析
- Author:
Qing JIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2001;15(1):60-62
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the understanding of other' s mind in children with autism in Beijing.Method: The instrument of this study was experimental test story. Results: Children with autism could understand other person' s physical and social desire, and predict behavior of others in accordance with desires. They basically unerstood other' s positive and negative emotions. However, they had a special difficult in understanding other' s cognitive mental states such as false belief. Concluslon: It indicated that the development of understanding other' s mental state is much more gradual and complex. Understandding other' s false belief is not all or nothing. The difference in understanding other's false belief between children with autism is not absolute, but relative.
