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Direct linkNaito, Mika; Nagayama, Kikuo – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
To compare Japanese autistic children's use of semantic knowledge and theory of mind with mentally retarded and typically developing children's, they were tested on their comprehension of active and passive sentences and false belief understanding. Autistic children were sensitive to plausibility levels of semantic bias as were 4-year-olds with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Semantics, Mental Retardation, Autism
