Revisiting the strange stories: Revealing mentalizing impairments in autism

S White, E Hill, F Happé, U Frith - Child development, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A test of advanced theory of mind (ToM), first introduced by F. Happé (1994), was adapted
for children (mental, human, animal, and nature stories plus unlinked sentences). These …

An advanced test of theory of mind: Understanding of story characters' thoughts and feelings by able autistic, mentally handicapped, and normal children and adults

FGE Happé - Journal of autism and Developmental disorders, 1994 - Springer
Research has suggested that the core handicaps of autism result from a specific impairment
in theory of mind (ToM). However, this account has been challenged by the finding that a …

Synthesis: Psychological understanding and social skills

M Davies, T Stone - Individual differences in theory of mind, 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
One of the most productive areas in theory-of-mind research has explored the hypothesis
that children with autism have fundamental and specific deficits in this domain (Baron …

Performance of children with autism spectrum disorder on advanced theory of mind tasks

E Brent, P Rios, F Happé, T Charman - Autism, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Although a number of advanced theory of mind tasks have been developed, there is sparse
information on whether performance on different tasks is associated. The study examined …

Evaluating the theory-of-mind hypothesis of autism

H Tager-Flusberg - Current directions in psychological …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Two decades ago, the theory-of-mind hypothesis of autism was introduced by Baron-Cohen
and his colleagues; this theory provided a unified cognitive explanation for the key social …

The TOM test: A new instrument for assessing theory of mind in normal children and children with pervasive developmental disorders

P Muris, P Steerneman, C Meesters… - Journal of autism and …, 1999 - Springer
This article describes a first attempt to investigate the reliability and validity of the TOM test, a
new instrument for assessing theory of mind ability in normal children and children with …

Exploring the relationship between theory of mind and social-communicative functioning in children with autism

H Tager-Flusberg - Individual differences in theory of mind, 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
One of the most productive areas in theory-of-mind research has explored the hypothesis
that children with autism have fundamental and specific deficits in this domain (Baron …

Brief report: Developmental change in theory of mind abilities in children with autism

S Steele, RM Joseph, H Tager-Flusberg - Journal of autism and …, 2003 - Springer
This longitudinal study investigated developmental change in theory of mind among 57
children with autism aged between 4 to 14 years at the start of the study. On an initial visit …

Theory of mind ability in children with specific language impairment

A Gillott, F Furniss, A Walter - Child language teaching and …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Whilst evidence of theory of mind impairments in children with autism is well established,
possible impairments in children with language disorder have only recently been …

A clinical assessment tool for advanced theory of mind performance in 5 to 12 year olds

AE O'Hare, L Bremner, M Nash, F Happé… - Journal of autism and …, 2009 - Springer
One hundred forty typically developing 5-to 12-year-old children were assessed with a test
of advanced theory of mind employing Happé's strange stories. There was no significant …