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Spek, Annelies A.; Scholte, Evert M.; Van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
Theory of mind was assessed in 32 adults with HFA, 29 adults with Asperger syndrome and 32 neurotypical adults. The HFA and Asperger syndrome groups were impaired in performance of the Strange stories test and the Faux-pas test and reported more theory of mind problems than the neurotypical adults. The three groups did not differ in performance of…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Cognitive Development, Autism, Comparative Analysis
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Braverman, Mark; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1989
The study of affect comprehension in 15 children with pervasive developmental disorders (ages 7-10) and normal children matched for mental age found that the disabled children were impaired on affect matching compared to the controls and were impaired on face and affect matching relative to their own performance on object matching. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension