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How Easy is it to Read the Minds of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder?
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How well can neurotypical adults' interpret mental states in people with ASD? 'Targets' (ASD and neurotypical) reactions to four events were video-recorded then shown to neurotypical participants whose task was to identify which event the target had experienced. In study 1 participants were more successful for neurotypical than ASD targets. In study 2, participants rated ASD targets equally expressive as neurotypical targets for three of the events, while in study 3 participants gave different verbal descriptions of the reactions of ASD and neurotypical targets. It thus seems people with ASD react differently but not less expressively to events. Because neurotypicals are ineffective in interpreting the behaviour of those with ASD, this could contribute to the social difficulties in ASD.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sheppard, E., Pillai, D., Wong, G. T.-L., Ropar, D., & Mitchell, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (MY)
- Corresponding author
- Sheppard, Elizabeth
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2015-11-24
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1247-1254
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W2175842555
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 3.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bradford Scholars (University of Bradford) (submittedVersion)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, theory of mind, social cognition, facial expressions, emotional expression
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Emotions, Facial Expression, Humans, Male, Nonverbal Communication, Young Adult
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