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Using other minds as a window onto the world guessing what happened from clues in behaviour
Pillai, D. Sheppard, E. Ropar, D. Marsh, L. Pearson, A. Mitchell, Peter
Pillai, D.
Sheppard, E.
Ropar, D.
Marsh, L.
Pearson, A.
Mitchell, Peter
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2014-10
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The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2106-x.
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Abstract
It has been proposed that mentalising involves retrodicting as well as predicting behaviour,
by inferring previous mental states of a target. This study investigated whether retrodiction is
impaired in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Participants watched videos
of real people reacting to the researcher behaving in one of four possible ways. Their task
was to decide which of these four “scenarios” each person responded to. Participants’ eye
movements were recorded. Participants with ASD were poorer than comparison participants
at identifying the scenario to which people in the videos were responding. There were no
group differences in time spent looking at the eyes or mouth. The findings imply those with
ASD are impaired in using mentalising skills for retrodiction.
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Pillai D, Sheppard E, Ropar D et al (2014) Using other minds as a window onto the world guessing what happened from clues in behaviour. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 44(10): 2430-2439.
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