Social cognition in ADHD: irony understanding and recursive theory of mind.
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Date publication
novembre 2014
Journal
Research in developmental disabilities
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr CAILLIES Stéphanie
Tous les auteurs :
Caillies S, Bertot V, Motte J, Raynaud C, Abely M
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
The main goal of the present study was to characterise the social cognition abilities of French children with ADHD, in terms of their understanding of people's recursive mental states and their irony comprehension. We hypothesised that these children have difficulty understanding second-order false beliefs and ironic remarks, owing to the executive dysfunction that is characteristic of ADHD. We therefore conducted an experiment in which children with ADHD and typically developing matched controls performed second-order false-belief and executive function tasks. They then listened to ironic stories and answered questions about the ironic comments and about the speakers' beliefs and attitudes. The groups differed significantly on second-order theory of mind, irony comprehension and executive functions, confirming that children with ADHD have impaired social cognition.
Mots clés
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, psychology, Case-Control Studies, Child, Cognition, Comprehension, Executive Function, Female, Humans, Male, Social Behavior, Social Perception, Theory of Mind
Référence
Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Nov;35(11):3191-8