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Altschuler, Melody; Sideridis, Georgios; Kala, Shashwat; Warshawsky, Megan; Gilbert, Rachel; Carroll, Devon; Burger-Caplan, Rebecca; Faja, Susan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The present study examined individual differences in theory of mind (ToM) among a group of 60 children (7-11 years-old) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and average intelligence. Using open-ended and structured tasks to measure affective ToM, cognitive ToM, and spontaneous social attribution, we explored the nature of ToM and assessed whether…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Theory of Mind, Children, Autism
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Mosner, Maya G.; Kinard, Jessica L.; McWeeny, Sean; Shah, Jasmine S.; Markiewitz, Nathan D.; Damiano-Goodwin, Cara R.; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Rutherford, Helena J. V.; Greene, Rachel K.; Treadway, Michael T.; Dichter, Gabriel S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
This study investigated vicarious effort-based decision-making in 50 adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to 32 controls using the Effort Expenditure for Rewards Task. Participants made choices to win money for themselves or for another person. When choosing for themselves, the ASD group exhibited relatively similar patterns…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Decision Making, Adolescents
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van den Bergh, Sanne F. W. M.; Scheeren, Anke M.; Begeer, Sander; Koot, Hans M.; Geurts, Hilde M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Numerous studies investigated executive functioning (EF) problems in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using laboratory EF tasks. As laboratory task performances often differ from real life observations, the current study focused on EF in everyday life of 118 children and adolescents with ASD (6-18 years). We investigated age-related and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Differences, Children, Adolescents