Jarrold C, Boucher J, Smith P K
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1994 Nov;35(8):1473-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1994.tb01288.x.
The failure to produce pretend play seen in autism may arise from executive deficits associated with the syndrome. This experiment investigated the ability of children with autism to use various objects in pretence, the prediction being that they would have particular difficulty using props with a clear function (e.g. a pencil) to perform a different pretend function (e.g. to act as a toothbrush). However, children with autism were as likely as controls to select a prop with an inappropriate function from amongst other, nonfunctional props, suggesting that executive deficits of this particular kind cannot readily explain an absence of pretend play in autism.
自闭症患者中出现的无法进行假装游戏的情况，可能源于与该综合征相关的执行功能缺陷。本实验研究了自闭症儿童在假装游戏中使用各种物品的能力，预计他们在使用具有明确功能的道具（如铅笔）来执行不同的假装功能（如充当牙刷）时会遇到特别的困难。然而，自闭症儿童与对照组儿童一样，都有可能从其他无功能的道具中选择功能不恰当的道具，这表明这种特定类型的执行功能缺陷并不能轻易解释自闭症患者缺乏假装游戏的现象。
