Hsiao-Hsien Lin, Ying Ling, Jao-Chuan Lin, Zhou-Fu Liang
Research on the Development of Religious Tourism and the Sustainable Development of Rural Environment and Health
International journal of environmental research and public health
abstract childs developing theory mind interconnected network beliefs desires feelings govern behaviour provides cornerstone social intellectual life recent research suggested autistic children difficulty acquiring theory although speculated specific neurological deficit may responsible autistic childrens difficulties false belief tasks devised lest theory mind may also due lack exposure conversation mental states study explored development theory mind group 26 signing prelinguallydeaf australian children normal intelligence aged 813 years results revealed 65 deaf children failed simple test false belief normal preschoolers mentally retarded children handicapped groupsapart children autismroutinely pass mental age 45 years significant difference emerged deaf childrens performance autistic children tested task previous research discuss results terms conversational account development theory mind deaf children extent account applicable children autism