Department of Psychology, Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Aug;49(8):3364-3375. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04018-9.
The present study examined the role of executive function in lying for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The temptation resistance paradigm was used to elicit children's self-protective lies and the Hide-and-seek task was used to elicit children's self-benefiting lies. Results showed that children with ASD told fewer lies in the two deception tasks compared to children with intellectual disability (ID) and typically developing (TD) children. Furthermore, children with ASD's lying were positively correlated with their working memory, but not with their theory of mind. These findings demonstrate that the mechanisms underlying deception for children with ASD are distinct from that of TD children.
本研究考察了执行功能在自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童说谎中的作用。使用抵制诱惑范式引出儿童的自我保护谎言,使用捉迷藏任务引出儿童的自我受益谎言。结果表明,与智力障碍(ID)和典型发育(TD)儿童相比,ASD 儿童在这两个欺骗任务中说谎较少。此外,ASD 儿童的说谎与其工作记忆呈正相关,而与心理理论无关。这些发现表明,ASD 儿童说谎的机制与 TD 儿童不同。