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Background

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There is no evidence which suggests autistic people do/don’t have a theory of mind
Adults have been tested in the past and it was found out that they had difficulty with mental state stories

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Aim

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To test theory of mind

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What experiment was it

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Quasi

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IV

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Whether they had autism/as, Tourette’s syndrome or were normal adults

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DV

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Performance on eyes task out of 25

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How was the DV measured

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Showing ppts 25 standardised photos of eye region and asking them to choose between 2 words to best describe the feelings/thoughts of the person

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Group 1

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16 autistic/as ppl with normal intelligence recruited through an advert in national autistic magazine

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Group 2

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50 normal adults age matched drawn from the general population of Cambridge

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Group 3

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10 adults with Tourette’s syndrome age matched with group 1&2. Normal intelligence and recruited through a centre in London

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Procedure

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The eyes task, strange stories and control tasks (gender recognition and basically recognition task) were presented in random order to ppts
Ppts were tested individually in a quiet room either in their home or in the researchers lab at Cambridge uni

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Key findings

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Normal females were better than males
Autism made more errors on strange stories task
Autism - 16.3
Normal - 20.3
Tourette's - 20.4
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Conclusions

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Results provide evidence that adults with as and autism do have impaired theory of mind

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Theories on which the study is based

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All autistic ppl have a impairment in understand mental states
They find it difficult to communicate and understand emotions