Decoding Representations: How Children with Autism Understand Drawings

Autor/in	Allen, Melissa L.
Titel	Decoding Representations: How Children with Autism Understand Drawings
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39 (2009) 3, S.539-543 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-008-0650-y
Schlagwörter	Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Coding; Intention; Comprehension; Visual Aids; Childrens Art; Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Codierung; Programmierung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Anschauungsmaterial; Erprobung
Abstract	Young typically developing children can reason about abstract depictions if they know the intention of the artist. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who are notably impaired in social, "intention monitoring" domains, may have great difficulty in decoding vague representations. In Experiment 1, children with ASD are unable to use another person's eye gaze as a cue for figuring out what an abstract picture represents. In contrast, when the participants themselves are the artists (Experiment 2), children with ASD are equally proficient as controls at identifying their own perceptually identical pictures (e.g. lollipop and balloon) after a delay, based upon what they "intended" them to be. Results are discussed in terms of intention and understanding of visual representation in autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10