ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2022
Comparing Theory of Mind Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Language Disorder, and Typical Development.
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- Visual Perspective Taking Training Improves Theory of Mind in Autistic Children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Trial
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- Enhancing Theory of Mind in Children with Autism Through Computer-Assisted Instruction and the Thought-Bubble Strategy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Everyday Social Interaction Mediates the Relation Between Autistic Children's Theory of Mind and Parental Stress.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Teaching Theory of Mind Skills to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- A Verbal Behavior Analysis of Theory of Mind: Conceptual and Applied Implications.Perspectives on behavior science · 2026Article
- ToMAutism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Language and Social Competence in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children at Risk of and Without Developmental Language Disorder.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Social inference brain networks in autistic adults during movie-viewing: functional specialization and heterogeneity.Molecular autism · 2025Article
- Ins and Outs of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Intervention in Promoting Social Communicative Abilities and Theory of Mind in Children and Adolescents with ASD: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Deictic Relational Responding and Perspective-Taking in Autistic Individuals: A Scoping Review.Perspectives on behavior science · 2024Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Theory of Mind Task Battery (French Version) in Neurotypical Children and Intellectually Disabled Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Focus on Issues and Solutions in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Theory of mind (ToM) is the ability to recognize, comprehend, and consider oneself's and others' mental states and perspectives to predict and explain behaviors and motivations. It is widely accepted that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience difficulties with ToM. However, there are also findings suggesting that ToM abilities might also be compromised in children with Developmental Language Disorders (DLD). Purpose: To assess ToM abilities in three groups of children: 1. ASD with no language difficulties; 2. DLD, known for their language disorder; and 3. TD with no language issues. Materials and Methods: A total of 41 preschool children aged 5-to-6 were examined and assigned to one of the three groups based on previous clinical reports and a standardized Hebrew language assessment tool. Nonverbal IQ was established with a standardized test to verify within average range placement (>75 IQ). ToM skills were examined with a Hebrew version of the Results: Children with ASD had significantly lower ToM scores compared to the children with DLD, and TD. The ToM scores of the children with DLD were similar to the scores of the TD children. According to the parents' questionnaires, both the ASD children and the DLD children had less developed ToM skills compared to their TD peers. Conclusion: The present findings suggest that children with ASD have a fundamental difficulty in ToM that is independent of their language abilities. Children with DLD show difficulties in everyday social interactions that involve ToM. It is possible that both ASD and language disorders influence ToM development, suggesting that different developmental routes affect the acquisition of ToM.
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