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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021

Naïve Theories of Biology, Physics, and Psychology in Children with ASD.

Diane Poulin-Dubois, Elizabeth Dutemple, Kimberly Burnside

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Diane Poulin-DuboisDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, Canada. diane.poulindubois@concordia.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8966-875X
Elizabeth DutempleDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Kimberly BurnsideDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 435-2017-0564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Theory of mind is defined as the understanding that mental states predict and explain people's behaviors. It develops around the age of 4 but seems to remain deficient in people with ASD, whereas other forms of naïve understanding remain intact. This study compares children with ASD to neurotypical children on tasks measuring naïve psychology, physics, and biology (biological parts). Results suggest that children with ASD only underperform on an implicit false belief task. Performances in naïve biology and physics were equivalent across the two groups and uncorrelated to performance on the false belief task. This confirms that naïve physics and biological reasoning are intact in children with ASD but that tracking false beliefs is challenging for this population.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderTheory of MindBiologyChildCommunicationDeceptionHumansPhysicsAnticipatory LookingAutism Spectrum DisorderIntuitive KnowledgeNaïve theoriesTheory of Mind

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