Dahlgren S O, Trillingsgaard A
Dept of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1996 Sep;37(6):759-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01469.x.
In the present study, 20 non-retarded children with autism and 20 non-retarded children with Asperger's syndrome, individually matched to the group of children with autism, participated. No statistically significant differences between the groups were found in the theory of mind tasks. In fact, the two groups performed almost as well as a group of normal children. These findings suggest that the theory of mind model has its limitations in explaining autism and that children with Asperger's syndrome are not more competent in theory of mind tasks than children with autism within the normal range of intelligence.
在本研究中，20名无智力发育迟缓的自闭症儿童和20名与自闭症儿童组个体匹配的无智力发育迟缓的阿斯伯格综合征儿童参与了研究。在心理理论任务中，两组之间未发现统计学上的显著差异。事实上，这两组儿童的表现几乎与一组正常儿童一样好。这些发现表明，心理理论模型在解释自闭症方面存在局限性，并且在智力正常范围内，阿斯伯格综合征儿童在心理理论任务方面并不比自闭症儿童更有能力。
