Understanding atypical emotions among children with autism

By: Rieffe, Carolien.
Contributor(s): Terwogt, Mark Meerum | Stockmann, Lex.
Series: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 30 (3) 2000: 195-203.Publisher: 2000Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): AUTISM | EMOTIONS | THEORY OF MINDSummary: Children with autism are said to be poor mind readers. They have a limited understanding of the role that mental states play in determining emotions and behaviour. In this research, 23 high functioning children from the autistic spectrum, 42 6-year old controls, and 43 10-year-old controls were presented with six emotion-evoking stories and they were asked to explain protagonists' typical and atypical emotions. It is agrued that the mind-reading capacity of high functioning children from the autistic spectrum might be basically intact; unused in everyday circumstances but not necessarily defective. [AJ].
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Children with autism are said to be poor mind readers. They have a limited understanding of the role that mental states play in determining emotions and behaviour. In this research, 23 high functioning children from the autistic spectrum, 42 6-year old controls, and 43 10-year-old controls were presented with six emotion-evoking stories and they were asked to explain protagonists' typical and atypical emotions. It is agrued that the mind-reading capacity of high functioning children from the autistic spectrum might be basically intact; unused in everyday circumstances but not necessarily defective. [AJ].

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