caa a22 4500 386339406 CHVBK 20180307111743.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0954579400000377 doi S0954579400000377 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0954579400000377 Baron-Cohen Simon Departments of Psychology and Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London Joint-attention deficits in autism: Towards a cognitive analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Simon Baron-Cohen] Mundy and Sigman (1989) present a challenge to the metarepresentational theory of autism. Their argument holds if it is assumed that the capacity for metarepresentation only emerges at 12-24 months old in normal development, as manifested in pretend play. However, I present reasons for postulating that the capacity for metarepresentation may be present from as early as 7-9 months of age, manifested in joint-attention behaviors. If this account has any validity, then the metarepresentational theory of autism is unaffected by Mundy and Sigman's challenge. In addition, I highlight some problems in Mundy and Sigman's alternative model of autism. These criticisms aside, their article is without doubt important and opens up critical questions both for models of the origins of autism and of a theory of mind in normal development. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/3(1989-07), 185-189 0954-5794 1:3<185 1989 1 DPP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000377 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000377 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Baron-Cohen Simon Departments of Psychology and Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/3(1989-07), 185-189 0954-5794 1:3<185 1989 1 DPP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge