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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 373-382Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0634-y
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Mindreading; Empathy; Intentional action; Moral judgment; Theory of mind
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In the present study, we investigated mindreading abilities in a group of adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) by using the faux pas task, an advanced test of theory of mind (Baron-Cohen et al. (1999). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 407-418). The faux pas is a particular case of a non-intentional action reflecting an involuntary socially inappropriate behavior. Here, individuals with AS over-detected faux pas stories, failed to provide correct justifications of the speaker's behavior and were unaware of the mistaken belief and of the resulting emotional impact, whereas they appeared to be responsive to social rule violations. We hypothesized that because of an impaired theory-of-mind, individuals with AS may develop compensatory cognitive strategies based on overlearned abstract knowledge about normative rules.
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