Baron-Cohen
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- Created on: 26-04-14 13:12
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- Baron-Cohen
- Aim
- Provide support for a cognitive explanation of Autism
- Specifically that autistic adults lack advanced theory of mind skills
- Provide support for a cognitive explanation of Autism
- Participants
- 16 - High Functioning Autism (4) or Asperger's Syndrome (12)
- 13 Males
- 3 Females
- 50 normal age matched
- 25 Males
- 25 Females
- 10 Tourettes sydrome
- 8 Males
- 2 Females
- 16 - High Functioning Autism (4) or Asperger's Syndrome (12)
- Method
- The Eyes task
- 25 Photographs displaying different emotions (male and female)
- Gender recognition task
- 3 Seconds, then have to choose one of 2 possible answers
- 25 Photographs displaying different emotions (male and female)
- Control tasks
- Strange Stories
- Gender recognition task
- Quasi experiment
- The Eyes task
- Findings
- Eyes Task
- Normal
- 20.3
- Autism
- 16.3
- Tourettes
- 20.4
- Males
- 18.8
- Females
- 21.8
- Normal
- Gender recognition
- Autism
- 24.1
- Normal
- 23.3
- Tourettes
- 23.7
- Males
- 24.0
- Females
- 23.8
- Autism
- Eyes Task
- Conclusion
- The core deficit involved in Autism is the lack of an advanced theory of mind
- Aim
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