Dissociation between key processes of social cognition in autism: impaired mentalizing but intact sense of agency.
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Dissociation between key processes of social cognition in autism: impaired mentalizing but intact sense of agency. / David, Nicole; Gawronski, Astrid; Santos, Natacha S; Huff, Wolfgang; Lehnhardt, Fritz-Georg; Newen, Albert; Vogeley, Kai.
In: J AUTISM DEV DISORD, Vol. 38, No. 4, 4, 2008, p. 593-605.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Dissociation between key processes of social cognition in autism: impaired mentalizing but intact sense of agency.
AU - David, Nicole
AU - Gawronski, Astrid
AU - Santos, Natacha S
AU - Huff, Wolfgang
AU - Lehnhardt, Fritz-Georg
AU - Newen, Albert
AU - Vogeley, Kai
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Deficits in social cognition and interaction, such as in mentalizing and imitation behavior, are hallmark features of autism spectrum disorders. Both imitation and mentalizing are at the core of the sense of agency, the awareness that we are the initiators of our own behavior. Little evidence exists regarding the sense of agency in autism. Thus, we compared high-functioning adults with autism to healthy control subjects using an action monitoring and attribution task. Subjects with autism did not show deficits in this task, yet they showed significant mentalizing deficits. Our findings indicate a dissociation between the sense of agency and ascription of mental states in autism. We propose that social-cognitive deficits in autism may arise on a higher level than that of action monitoring and awareness.
AB - Deficits in social cognition and interaction, such as in mentalizing and imitation behavior, are hallmark features of autism spectrum disorders. Both imitation and mentalizing are at the core of the sense of agency, the awareness that we are the initiators of our own behavior. Little evidence exists regarding the sense of agency in autism. Thus, we compared high-functioning adults with autism to healthy control subjects using an action monitoring and attribution task. Subjects with autism did not show deficits in this task, yet they showed significant mentalizing deficits. Our findings indicate a dissociation between the sense of agency and ascription of mental states in autism. We propose that social-cognitive deficits in autism may arise on a higher level than that of action monitoring and awareness.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 38
SP - 593
EP - 605
JO - J AUTISM DEV DISORD
JF - J AUTISM DEV DISORD
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
