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. 2016 Apr:144:15-26.
doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.10.018. Epub 2015 Dec 11.

Equal egocentric bias in school-aged children with and without autism spectrum disorders

Sander Begeer  1 , Daniel M Bernstein  2 , Andre Aßfalg  3 , Halima Azdad  4 , Tessa Glasbergen  4 , Marlies Wierda  4 , Hans M Koot  4
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Equal egocentric bias in school-aged children with and without autism spectrum disorders

Sander Begeer et al. J Exp Child Psychol. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Egocentric bias is a core feature of autism. This phenomenon has been studied using the false belief task. However, typically developing children who pass categorical (pass or fail) false belief tasks may still show subtle egocentric bias. We examined 7- to 13-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n=76) or typical development (n=113) using tasks with a continuous response scale: a modified false belief task and a visual hindsight bias task. All children showed robust egocentric bias on both tasks, but no group effects were found. Our large sample size, coupled with our sensitive tasks and resoundingly null group effects, indicate that children with and without ASD possess more similar egocentric tendencies than previously reported.

Keywords: Adolescent; Autism; Egocentric bias; False belief; Hindsight; Theory of mind.

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