caa a22 4500 463250494 CHVBK 20180405153338.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10803-006-0198-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10803-006-0198-7 Do Children with Autism have a Theory of Mind? A Non-verbal Test of Autism vs. Specific Language Impairment [Elektronische Daten] [Livia Colle, Simon Baron-Cohen, Jacqueline Hill] Children with autism have delays in the development of theory of mind. However, the sub-group of children with autism who have little or no language have gone untested since false belief tests (FB) typically involve language. FB understanding has been reported to be intact in children with specific language impairment (SLI). This raises the possibility that a non-verbal FB test would distinguish children with autism vs. children with SLI. The present study tested two predictions: (1) FB understanding is to some extent independent of language ability; and (2) Children with autism with low language levels show specific impairment in theory of mind. Results confirmed both predictions. Results are discussed in terms of the role of language in the development of mindreading. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Theory of mind nationallicence Non-verbal false belief nationallicence Autism nationallicence Language impairments nationallicence Colle Livia Centro di Scienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia, University of Turin, Via Po 14, 10123, Turin, Italy aut Baron-Cohen Simon Autism Research Centre, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, CB2 2AH, Cambridge, UK aut Hill Jacqueline Autism Research Centre, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, CB2 2AH, Cambridge, UK aut Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/4(2007-04-01), 716-723 0162-3257 37:4<716 2007 37 10803 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0198-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0198-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Colle Livia Centro di Scienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia, University of Turin, Via Po 14, 10123, Turin, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baron-Cohen Simon Autism Research Centre, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, CB2 2AH, Cambridge, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hill Jacqueline Autism Research Centre, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, CB2 2AH, Cambridge, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/4(2007-04-01), 716-723 0162-3257 37:4<716 2007 37 10803 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer