Sullivan K, Tager-Flusberg H
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Center for Research on Developmental Disorders, Waltham, MA 02452, USA.
Am J Ment Retard. 1999 Nov;104(6):523-32. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0523:SBAIWS>2.0.CO;2.
Second-order mental state attribution in a group of children with Williams syndrome was investigated. The children were compared to age, IQ, and language-matched groups of children with Prader-Willi syndrome or nonspecific mental retardation. Participants were given two trials of a second-order reasoning task. No significant differences between the Williams syndrome and Prader-Willi or mentally retarded groups on any of the test questions were found. Results contrast with the view that individuals with Williams syndrome have an intact theory of mind and suggest that in their attributions of second-order mental states, children with Williams syndrome perform no better than do other groups of children with mental retardation.
对一组威廉姆斯综合征患儿的二阶心理状态归因进行了研究。将这些患儿与年龄、智商和语言相匹配的普拉德-威利综合征患儿组或非特异性智力发育迟缓患儿组进行了比较。参与者接受了两次二阶推理任务测试。在任何测试问题上，威廉姆斯综合征组与普拉德-威利综合征组或智力发育迟缓组之间均未发现显著差异。研究结果与认为威廉姆斯综合征患者具有完整心理理论的观点形成对比，表明在二阶心理状态归因方面，威廉姆斯综合征患儿的表现并不比其他智力发育迟缓患儿组更好。
