Delayed self-recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder

Lind, Sophie E.; Bowler, Dermot M.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate temporally extended self-awareness (awareness of one’s place in and continued existence through time) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), using the delayed self-recognition (DSR) paradigm (Povinelli et al., Child Development 67:1540–1554, 1996). Relative to age and verbal ability matched comparison children, children with ASD showed unattenuated performance on the DSR task, despite showing significant impairments in theory-of-mind task performance, and a reduced propensity to use personal pronouns to refer to themselves. The results may indicate intact temporally extended self-awareness in ASD. However, it may be that the DSR task is not an unambiguous measure of temporally extended self-awareness and it can be passed through strategies which do not require the possession of a temporally extended self-concept.

Citation

Lind, S. E., & Bowler, D. M. (2009). Delayed self-recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(4), 643-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0670-7

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 15, 2010
• Journal: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
• Print ISSN: 0162-3257
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-3432
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 643-650
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0670-7
• Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, Metarepresentation, Self-awareness, Self-concept, Self-recognition, Theory-of-mind.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1540272
• Publisher URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/9v64lk62316715k4/