Baron-Cohen Flashcards
Aims 1?
To assess whether adults with autism are able to gauge emotions from only images of eyes
Prompted by?
Wanted to test ‘theory of mind and Sally-Ann test
Aims 2?
To assess gender difference in normal adults (Eyes task)
Groups 1?
Autistic participants; magazine advert and referrals from specialist
How many males on group 1?
13
How many females in group 1?
3
How many had aspergers?
12
How many were high functioning autistics?
4
Group 2?
Tourette’s participants
How many males had Tourette’s?
8
How many females had Tourette’s?
2
Group 3?
50 normal participants
Where was the study?
Cambridge, England
How many normal participants were female?
25
How many were female participants?
25
What’s was the test for autism?
Eye task
How many eyes were in the eye task?
25
Two different choices?
Target and fail
What was the task with sarcasm?
Happé Stories
What were the Happé stories?
Scenarios which asses insight, sarcasm and metaphors
What was the control test?
Gender recognition- partial black and white eyes to asses genders
What was the basic control task?
Basic emotion - full face colour images
Results about Tourette’s and normal groups?
Tourette’s and normal groups scored similar in every test. Every task - 20.3/25 on average
Average autistic group scored?
16.3/25
What did all groups score high on?
All groups scored highly on basic emotions
What else did all groups score high on?
All groups scored highly on gender recognition
Which sex scored higher on normal groups and what was the average?
females (21.8)
Male groups of average?
In normal group than males (18.8)
Conclusion?
Adults with autism do not read emotions aswell as others
Reliability?
Repeat and retest experiment and is easy because of tight structure
Validity?
Sound as eyes do show emotion. May see it as artificial as taken out of usual routine
Study provides?
Study provides framework from which to assess the ‘theory of the mind’
