Understanding of thought bubbles as mental representations in children with autism: Implications for theory of mind
Understanding of thought bubbles as mental representations in children with autism: Implications for theory of mind
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DOI：
10.1007/s10803-004-5285-z
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Durkin, K
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作者：
Kerr, S;Durkin, K
标准的错误信念任务表明，正常发育的儿童直到4岁才完全发展出心理理论，而自闭症儿童的心理理论受到了损害。然而，最近的证据表明，年仅3岁的儿童明白，思维气泡描绘的是心理表征，而这些可能是错误的。12名发育正常的儿童和11名自闭症儿童接受了一项标准的错误信念任务和一些使用思维气泡来代表精神状态的任务的测试。虽然大多数发育正常的儿童和患有自闭症的儿童未能通过标准的错误信念任务，但他们明白(I)思维气泡代表思维，(Ii)思维气泡可以用来推断未知的现实，(Iii)想法可以不同，以及(Iv)想法可能是错误的。这些结果表明，言语心理年龄相对较低的自闭症儿童可能能够理解心理表征。
Standard false belief tasks indicate that normally developing children do not fully develop a theory of mind until the age of 4 years and that children with autism have an impaired theory of mind. Recent evidence, however, suggests that children as young as 3 years of age understand that thought bubbles depict mental representations and that these can be false. Twelve normally developing children and 11 children with autism were tested on a standard false belief task and a number of tasks that employed thought bubbles to represent mental states. While the majority of normally developing children and children with autism failed the standard false belief task, they understood that (i) thought bubbles represent thought, (ii) thought bubbles can be used to infer an unknown reality, (iii) thoughts can be different, and (iv) thoughts can be false. These results indicate that autistic children with a relatively low verbal mental age may be capable of understanding mental representations.