ReviewFrontiers in psychology2018
Seeing More Than Human: Autism and Anthropomorphic Theory of Mind.
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- Differential relationships between autistic traits and anthropomorphic tendencies in adults and early adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- 'They ask no questions and pass no criticism': A mixed-methods study exploring pet ownership in autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Emoji Identification and Emoji Effects on Sentence Emotionality in ASD-Diagnosed Adults and Neurotypical Controls.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Behavioral patterns in robotic collaborative assembly: comparing neurotypical and Autism Spectrum Disorder participants.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- Autistic people outperform neurotypicals in a cartoon version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Anthropomorphizing Technology: A Conceptual Review of Anthropomorphism Research and How it Relates to Children's Engagements with Digital Voice Assistants.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2022Article
- Reading the mind in cartoon eyes: Comparing human versus cartoon emotion recognition in those with high and low levels of autistic traits.Psychological reports · 2022Article
- Anthropomorphic tendencies in autism: A conceptual replication and extension of White and Remington (2019) and preliminary development of a novel anthropomorphism measure.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- A capabilities approach to understanding and supporting autistic adulthood.Nature reviews psychology · 2022Review
- The Transdiagnostic Relevance of Self-Other Distinction to Psychiatry Spans Emotional, Cognitive and Motor Domains.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Exploring the relationship between anthropomorphism and theory-of-mind in brain and behaviour.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- How Do Children Reason About Mirrors? A Comparison Between Adults, Typically Developed Children, and Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Theory of mind (ToM) is defined as the process of taking another's perspective. Anthropomorphism can be seen as the extension of ToM to non-human entities. This review examines the literature concerning ToM and anthropomorphism in relation to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), specifically addressing the questions of how and why those on the spectrum both show an increased interest for anthropomorphism and may even show improved ToM abilities when judging the mental states of anthropomorphic characters. This review highlights that while individuals with ASD traditionally show deficits on a wide range of ToM tests, such as recognizing facial emotions, such ToM deficits may be ameliorated if the stimuli presented is cartoon or animal-like rather than in human form. Individuals with ASD show a greater interest in anthropomorphic characters and process the features of these characters using methods typically reserved for human stimuli. Personal accounts of individuals with ASD also suggest they may identify more closely with animals than other humans. It is shown how the social motivations hypothesized to underlie the anthropomorphizing of non-human targets may lead those on the spectrum to seek social connections and therefore gain ToM experience and expertise amongst unlikely sources.
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