Cognitive approach (studies)

Baron - Cohen

• Aim - to test if those with high functioning autism/asperger syndrome lacked Theory of Mind using a newly devised adult test
• Method - quasi experiment with lab conditions to study the internal processes of ToM to see if ps (autistic/tourettes/normal) were able to interpret emotions on people's face using the Eyes test.
• Results - the eyes task showed people with autism on average gave more incorrect answers on the eyes test than the normal people or people with Tourette's syndrome, suggesting…