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2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Meta-represenation and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorder

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 26381315
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Special needs education
Research InstitutionGifu University

Principal Investigator

Beppu Satoshi  岐阜大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20209208)

Research Collaborator KUDO Hidemi  愛知県立大学
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords自閉スペクトラム症 / メタ表象 / 心の理解 / 多義図形
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigated whether children with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) of developmental age 4 without mental delay are better at reversing ambiguous figure(AF) than typical developing children(TD) of the same age in two different conditions of presentation. In condition 1, only one AF (duck and rabbit) was presented, and in condition 2, the same two AF were simultaneously presented in two different positions. The ability of meta-representation was necessary for children to express two different contents for AF in condition 1, but not in condition 2.Half of TD children in condition 2 could report the two interpretations of AF, but it was still difficult for most in condition 1 to reverse the figure. In contrast, ASD children had much difficulty reporting the two interpretations in both the two conditions.Our findings revealed that ASD children faced as much difficulty as age-matched TD children in reversing AF when it was presented on its own.

Free Research Field

発達心理学

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Published: 2018-03-22  

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