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ERIC Number: EJ430341
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Do People with Autism Understand What Causes Emotion?
Baron-Cohen, Simon
Child Development, v62 n2 p385-95 Apr 1991
Tested the possibility that people with autism understand some causes of happiness and sadness. Results showed that people with autism showed severe deficits in comprehension of emotion caused by beliefs. However, their understanding of emotion caused by situations and desires was no different than that of mentally handicapped subjects. (BC)
Descriptors: Autism, Beliefs, Children, Cognitive Ability, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Happiness, Mental Retardation, Social Cognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Reasoning; England (London); Sadness