Baron Cohen et al by Will Porter https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w By William Porter en-us 2016-06-13 19:29:58 UTC 2026-03-25 02:19:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Aim 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574252 Tot test whether high functioning adults with autistic spectrum disorders struggle to identify emotions from photographs of eyes. ]]> 2016-06-14 07:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574252 Participants  10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574552 The autism group consisted of 13 men and 3 women of normal intelligence, the control group was 50 adults with no diagnosis and 10 adults with Tourette's syndrome. ]]> 2016-06-14 07:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574552 Method 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574671 Participants were shown 25 black-and-white photographs for 3 seconds each, and were asked to choose between two mental states represented by the photographs. Some of these emotions were 'sad' and 'afraid' while some were far more complex such as 'fantasising'.  
In order to Validate whether the eyes task was a theory of mind ability, participants in the autism sample and the Tourette's sample undertook the Happe's Strange Story test. If the eyes task was a measure of mind ability then those who performed poorly on the eyes task should perform similarly poorly on the strange story task. ]]> 2016-06-14 07:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574671 Results 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574996 On the control tasks,all groups performed normally on the tasks they completed. However on the eye task the autism group did significantly worse than the two control groups, with 16.3 being the mean score for the high functioning adults with autism, while the mean score for the two other control groups were 20.3 and 20.4 respectively. 
The autism group also struggled on the Happe's strange story test while the Tourette's group had no problems. ]]> 2016-06-14 07:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114574996 Conclusions 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114575722 1. Even high functioning adults with autism have a problem with their theory of mind, in other words they find it difficult to read others emotions. This supports the claim that mind deficit is central to understanding autism.
2. The eyes task is a valid test of theory of mind for high functioning adults with autism. ]]> 2016-06-14 07:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114575722 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114575915 2016-06-14 07:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114575915 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576007 2016-06-14 07:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576007 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576077 2016-06-14 07:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576077 Video Summary of Baron Cohen study 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576123 2016-06-14 07:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576123 Baron Cohen TED Talk on Autism, Science and Sex 10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576252 2016-06-14 07:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576252 Baron Cohen Talk on testing for Autism  10porterw https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576355 2016-06-14 07:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/10porterw/sroztbnex56w/wish/114576355