In a groundbreaking study, Baron-Cohen, Leslie, and Frith (1985) compared children with Autism aged between 6 and 16 to two other groups which were, children who suffered from down syndrome aged from 7 to 17, and the control group which were children with no cognitive or social disorders aged from 3 to 6. In comparing these three groups Baron-Cohen et al found the cognitive ability of the three different populations differed. After looking at two different standardized test which were the British Picture Vocabulary Test which tested verbal ability by measuring the ability to match words to line drawings, and the Leiter International Performance Scale that measured non-verbal ability such as memory and visualization. Normal children scored the lowest on nonverbal measures with down syndrome group coming in second and the autistic group placing the highest. In the verbal measures down syndrome group had the lowest with normal children placing second and the autistic group significantly ahead of the normal group. Baron-Cohen et al. then conducted the false belief test, a famous experimental paradigm, to test the mindreading abilities of the three groups.The false belief test explores whether young children
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Behavioral game theory analyzes strategic decisions and behavior used in experimental economics. Behavioral game theory aims to explain why people do the things they do and how they they learn from their actions. Behavioral game theory is an approach in which you study the cognitive basis of an individual's behavior. Behavioral game theory is useful for explaining what normal people do and how they learn. Behavioral game theory replaces the assumption that people are self interested and that people reach an equilibrium in which everyone is choosing or planning strategies that yield the best outcome, assuming that other players in the game are doing the same. These assumptions are replaced with precise alternatives that are more cognitively
Behavioral game theory analyzes strategic decisions and behavior used in experimental economics. Behavioral game theory aims to explain why people do the things they do and how they they learn from their actions. Behavioral game theory is an approach in which you study the cognitive basis of an individual's behavior. Behavioral game theory is useful for explaining what normal people do and how they learn. Behavioral game theory replaces the assumption that people are self interested and that people reach an equilibrium in which everyone is choosing or planning strategies that yield the best outcome, assuming that other players in the game are doing the same. These assumptions are replaced with precise alternatives that are more cognitively