Cole, Eleanor Jane, Slocombe, Kathryn Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-1887 and Barraclough, Nicholas Edward orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-326X (2017) Abilities to explicitly and implicitly infer intentions from actions in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. pp. 1-15. ISSN 0162-3257
Abstract
Previous research suggests that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) might be associated with impairments on implicit but not explicit mentalizing tasks. However, such comparisons are made difficult by the heterogeneity of stimuli and the techniques used to measure mentalizing capabilities. We tested the abilities of 34 individuals (17 with ASD) to derive intentions from others’ actions during both explicit and implicit tasks and tracked their eye-movements. Adults with ASD displayed explicit but not implicit mentalizing deficits. Adults with ASD displayed typical fixation patterns during both implicit and explicit tasks. These results illustrate an explicit mentalizing deficit in adults with ASD, which cannot be attributed to differences in fixation patterns.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. ESRC award to Eleanor Cole: ES/J500215/1 |
Keywords: | autism,intentions,mentalizing,autistic traits,action perception,eye-tracking |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2017 15:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 14:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3425-5 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10803-017-3425-5 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125162 |