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Dickter, Cheryl L.; Burk, Joshua A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Typically developing young adults perceive their peers with autism more negatively than those without autism, but less so when they have experience with individuals with autism. Study 1 examined whether typically developing university students' (n = 70) judgments of their peers would differ as a function of interpersonal contact and being labeled…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Marsh, L. E.; Pearson, A.; Ropar, D.; Hamilton, A. F. de C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Understanding irrational actions may require the observer to make mental state inferences about why an action was performed. Individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have well documented difficulties with mentalizing; however, the degree to which rationality understanding is impaired in autism is not yet clear. The present study uses…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Adults, Eye Movements
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Pillai, Dhanya; Sheppard, Elizabeth; Ropar, Danielle; Marsh, Lauren; Pearson, Amy; Mitchell, Peter – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
It has been proposed that mentalising involves retrodicting as well as predicting behaviour, by inferring "previous" mental states of a target. This study investigated whether retrodiction is impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Participants watched videos of real people reacting to the researcher behaving in one…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Neurological Impairments, Video Technology
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Maras, Katie L.; Memon, Amina; Lambrechts, Anna; Bowler, Dermot M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The aim of the present study was to (a) extend previous eyewitness research in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a live and personally experienced event; (b) examine whether witnesses with ASD demonstrate a facilitative effect in memory for self- over other-performed actions; (c) explore source monitoring abilities by witnesses with ASD in…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Memory
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Pitskel, Naomi B.; Bolling, Danielle Z.; Hudac, Caitlin M.; Lantz, Stephen D.; Minshew, Nancy J.; Vander Wyk, Brent C.; Pelphrey, Kevin A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
Prior studies have indicated brain abnormalities underlying social processing in autism, but no fMRI study has specifically addressed the differential processing of direct and averted gaze, a critical social cue. Fifteen adolescents and adults with autism and 14 typically developing comparison participants viewed dynamic virtual-reality videos…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Video Technology, Autism, Brain
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Sheppard, Elizabeth; Ropar, Danielle; Underwood, Geoffrey; van Loon, Editha – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
This study investigated whether individuals with ASD (autistic spectrum disorders) are able to identify driving hazards, given their difficulties processing social information, Klin et al. ("Archives of General Psychiatry" 59: 809-816, 2002). Twenty-three adult males with ASD and 21 comparison participants viewed 10 video clips containing driving…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Autism, Males, Motor Vehicles