The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test are discussed with emphasis on correcting its problem areas. The test is used for those with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism and an improved version is described.

Testing

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Another advanced test of theory of mind: evidence from very high functioning adults with autism or Asperger Syndrome

Article Abstract:

Researchers developed a task to test theory of mind development in adults with autism or Asperger Syndrome. The task required individuals to judge a person's state of mind from photographs of their eye area. The test revealed that adults with these problems were significantly impaired in their ability to judge mental state from the eye area alone, although they had no significant difficulty assessing it from photographs of the whole face. Adults with Tourette Syndrome had no problem with the eyes test, indicating that the results in the autistic group were not due to a developmental neuropsychiatric problem.

Research, Tourette's syndrome, Tourette syndrome, Social perception

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Autism spectrum disorders at 20 and 42 months of age: stability of clinical and ADI-R diagnosis

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Clinical diagnosis of childhood autism at 20 months is extremely sensitive and stable if an autism spectrum approach is used, according to research based on the screening of 17,173 children by Health Visitors at 18 months using the Checklist for Autism in Toddlers. Some 50 children were subsequently screened at 20 months using the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, which showed good specificity in diagnosing autism at 20 months of age. Clinical diagnosis of a wider spectrum of autism-related pervasive developmental disorders is less sensitive at this age.

Care and treatment, Diagnosis, Autistic children

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