[2] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,DEPT PSYCHOL,LONDON WC1E 6BT,ENGLAND
来源:
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY AND ALLIED DISCIPLINES
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1992年
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33卷
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06期
关键词:
AUTISM;
METAREPRESENTATION;
THEORY OF MIND;
DRAWING;
D O I:
10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00929.x
中图分类号:
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号:
040202 ;
摘要:
Leslie (1987, Psychological Review, 94, 412-426) proposed that the "theory of mind" deficit in autism was the result of a metarepresentation impairment. Studies employing False Photograph or Belief tests have shown that in autism the deficit is restricted to representing mental representations, and does not extend to representing pictorial representations. In this study, we tested this claim further using a False Drawing test. Subjects with autism performed at the same level as mentally handicapped or normal 4-year-old subjects on the False Drawing test, but significantly worse on the False Belief test. This confirmed the specificity of the deficit in autism.