@article{ISI:000217241600014,
title = {Mentalizing in autism: Interpreting facial expressions, following gaze, reading body language and inferring traits},
author = {Peter Mitchell},
issn = {2247-6377},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES & PSYCHOLOGY},
volume = {3},
number = {1},
pages = {111-120},
publisher = {PETROLEUM-GAS UNIV PLOIESTI},
address = {BD BUCURESTI 39, PLOIESTI, 100680, ROMANIA},
abstract = {Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder occurring at about the rate
of one per hundred of the population. Past research has been interpreted
to suggest that people with autism have profound deficits in
understanding people's minds. The research summarized in this article
suggests, however, that high functioning adults with autism differ in
but a subtle way from comparison participants in the cognitive
underpinnings of their social functioning. In particular, it seems
participants with autism are fairly effective in interpreting
psychological information from another person's eyes, are effective in
following gaze and to some degree they are successful in guessing what
happened to a person from their body language. In all of these skills,
people with autism are not quite as skillful as people without autism.
Speculations are offered on how developmental factors might contribute
to lack of opportunity to refine cognitive skills associated with
interpersonal activities in people with autism.},
keywords = {Autism, Developmental Disorders, Mentalizing, Social Functioning},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}