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Infants with autism: an investigation of empathy, pretend play, joint attention, and imitation

Charman, Tony, Swettenham, John, Baron-Cohen, Simon, Cox, Antony, Baird, Gillian, Drew, Auriol·1997·Developmental Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0012-1649.33.5.781
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Systematic studies of infants with autism have not been previously carried out. Taking advantage of a new prospective screening instrument for autism in infancy (S. Baron-Cohen et al., 1996), the present study found that, compared with developmentally delayed and normally developing children, 20-month-old children with autism were specifically impaired on some aspects of empathy, joint attention, and imitation. Infants with autism failed to use social gaze in the empathy and joint attention tasks. Both the infants with autism and the infants with developmental delay demonstrated functional play, but very few participants in either group produced spontaneous pretend play. In the developmental delay group, but not the autism group, pretend play was shown following prompting. The implications of these findings for developmental accounts of autism and for the early diagnosis of the disorder are discussed.

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Authors
Charman, T., Swettenham, J., Baron-Cohen, S., Cox, A., Baird, G., & Drew, A.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1997
Volume
33
Issue
5
Pages
781-789
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
DOI
10.1037/0012-1649.33.5.781
OpenAlex
W4253581535
Cited by
813
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3.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
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  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, infants, empathy, pretend play, joint attention, imitation, social cognition
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Attention, Autistic Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Empathy, Female, Humans, Imagination, Imitative Behavior, Infant, Male, Play and Playthings, Prospective Studies, Social Facilitation, Chi-Square Distribution, Case-Control Studies, Single-Blind Method, Infant Behavior, Observation

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