Does the Autistic Child Have a 'Theory of Mind'?

Baron-Cohen, S., Leslie, A. M., & Frith, U. (1985). Does the Autistic Child Have a 'Theory of Mind'?. Cognition, 21(1), 37-46.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1985

DOI

10.1016/0010-0277(85)90022-8

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(85)90022-8

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cognitive_science

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Primes

• Theory Of Mind
  • Sally places a marble in a basket and leaves the room; while she is gone, Anne moves the marble to a box; Sally returns, and the child is asked, "Where will Sally look for her marble?"

    This sourceIntroduces the Sally–Anne task and shows a selective false-belief deficit, dissociating theory of mind from general intelligence.

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