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Publication Date: 2019-Nov
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The Perceived Social Context Modulates Rule Learning in Autism
Lu, Haoyang; Li, Pengli; Fang, Jing; Yi, Li
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v49 n11 p4698-4706 Nov 2019
This study examines how the awareness of social situation affects rule learning in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using computer-based distrust and deception games. Twenty-eight 4- to 7-year-old children with ASD and 28 age- and IQ-matched typically developing (TD) peers learned the distrusting and deceptive rules in a non-social condition, in which they were playing with a computer, or a social condition with another person pretending to interact via a computer. Results showed intact rule-learning ability in the ASDs in the non-social condition, but poorer overall performance and slower learning process than TD children when they thought that they interacted with a human opponent. Rule learning in ASD was affected by their beliefs about the social context.
Descriptors: Social Environment, Context Effect, Young Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Trust (Psychology), Deception, Standards, Interaction, Computers, Social Influences
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