Development of role-reversal imitation and self-other recognition in typical and atypical children.

本研究的目的是研究1-2岁正常发育儿童和自闭症儿童角色转换模仿和自我-他人认知的发展。许多正常发育儿童在2岁前通过了角色转换模仿任务，其得分与另外两个任务（镜像自我识别和主动教学）显著相关。自闭症儿童在任务之间表现出特定的关联模式，即镜像自我识别比其他两种能力更容易。

The purpose of this study was to examine the development of role-reversal imitation and self-other recognition in typically developing children (1-2yrs) and children with autism. Many typically developing children passed the task of role-reversal imitation by 2 years old, and their scores significantly correlate with another two tasks (for mirror-self- recognition and active teaching). Children with autism showed specific pattern of the correlates between tasks, that is the mirror-self-recognition had more ease than another two competences.