Mazza, M., Mariano, M., Peretti, S. et al. (2017)Individuals with autism show significant impairments in social skills and theory of mind (ToM). The aim of the study was to evaluate ToM and social information processing abilities in 52 children with ASD compared to 55 typically developing (TD) children. A mediation analysis evaluated whether social information processing abilities can be mediated by ToM competences. In results, children with autism showed a deficit in social skills and ToM components. The innovative results of the study applying mediation analysis demonstrate that ToM plays a key role in the development of social abilities, and the lack of ToM competences in children with autism impairs their competent social behavior.
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Flusberg evaluated the ToM hypothesis in light of studies that have addressed several key questions: Do children with autism develop ToM concepts? How can we explain why some children with autism pass ToM tasks? Do deficits in ToM account for the major impairments that characterize autistic disorder? Current research supports the view that autism involves delays and deficits not only in the development of a theory of mind but also in additional aspects of social- affective information processing that extend beyond the traditional boundaries of theory of …show more content…
9 children with ASD and 18 children of Typical Development (TD) participated in the study. According to the results, most of the children with ASD showed significant deficits in the development of ToM, while a few of them succeeded in all the ToM tests. With regard to EF theory, the children with ASD did not present a deficit in any of the four executive functions in which they were examined, since their performances were similar to those of TD children. As for the WCC theory, the results cannot support the existence of a deficit. However, it seems that children with ASD struggle in respect of global precedence when a local interference effect is
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Flusberg evaluated the ToM hypothesis in light of studies that have addressed several key questions: Do children with autism develop ToM concepts? How can we explain why some children with autism pass ToM tasks? Do deficits in ToM account for the major impairments that characterize autistic disorder? Current research supports the view that autism involves delays and deficits not only in the development of a theory of mind but also in additional aspects of social- affective information processing that extend beyond the traditional boundaries of theory of …show more content…
9 children with ASD and 18 children of Typical Development (TD) participated in the study. According to the results, most of the children with ASD showed significant deficits in the development of ToM, while a few of them succeeded in all the ToM tests. With regard to EF theory, the children with ASD did not present a deficit in any of the four executive functions in which they were examined, since their performances were similar to those of TD children. As for the WCC theory, the results cannot support the existence of a deficit. However, it seems that children with ASD struggle in respect of global precedence when a local interference effect is