Evaluating the Theory-of-Mind Hypothesis of Autism

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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Specific Language Impairment: Overlaps in Syntactic Profiles (2016, background): “Given this, various researchers have suggested that communicative and social difficulties associated with this population are the result of their difficulties with mentalizing and perspective switching (Frith, Morton & Leslie 1991; Frith 2001; Tager-Flusberg 2007).”
Reintegrating the Study of Accuracy Into Social Cognition Research (2011, result): “Further, the few studies attempting to directly link deficits in mind perception processes with social symptom severity have yielded inconsistent results (Dapretto et al, 2006 ; Fombonne, Siddons, Achard, Frith, & Happe, 1994 ; Lombardo, Barnes, Wheelwright, & Baron-Cohen, 2007 ; Rogers et al, 2”
Theory of Mind Abilities and Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders (2014, background): “According to Tager-Flusberg (2007), the understanding of the syntax and semantics of verbs (e.g., “Sarah said that Dan was eating”) may enable the analogy of mental states to the content of speech.”
Friendship motivations, challenges and the role of masking for girls with autism in contrasting school settings (2018, background): “…their difficulties with social communication, through learning the rules (Happe 1995), but they may still lack the ability to appreciate the thoughts and feelings of others, or detect the subtle cues required in reciprocal relationships (Baron-Cohen, Leslie, and Frith 1985; Tager-Flusberg 2007).”