This review presents an outline of executive function (EF) and its application to autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). The development of the EF construct, theoretical models of EF …

The theory of mind account of autism has been remarkably successful in making specific
predictions about the impairments in socialization, imagination and communication shown …

The claim that autistic people lack a theory of mind—that they fail to understand that other
people have a mind or that they themselves have a mind—pervades psychology. This article …

Emotional intelligence is a term, which includes various abilities and skills, which enable a
person to perceive and handle emotional situations both his own and those of other …

Research has suggested that the core handicaps of autism result from a specific impairment
in theory of mind (ToM). However, this account has been challenged by the finding that a …

Previous studies have found a subgroup of people with autism or Asperger Syndrome who
pass second‐order tests of theory of mind. However, such tests have a ceiling in …

A group of high‐functioning autistic individuals was compared to a clinical control group
matched on VTQ, age, sex and SES. Significant group differences were found on executive …

Context Best-estimate clinical diagnoses of specific autism spectrum disorders (autistic
disorder, pervasive developmental disorder–not otherwise specified, and Asperger …

Most theory of mind (ToM) tests are designed for subjects with a mental age of 4–6 years.
There are very few ToM tests for subjects who are older or more able than this. We report a …

A number of studies have reported that most children with autism fail theory of mind tasks. It
is unclear why certain children with autism pass such tests and what might be different about …