Are intuitive physics and intuitive psychology independent? A test with children with Asperger Syndrome.

By Simon Baron-Cohen, Sally J. Wheelwright, A. Spong, V. Scahill, J. Lawson. 2001

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Theory of Mind and conduct problems in children: Deficits in reading the “emotions of the eyes” (2008, methodology): “Against this background, the aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that poor performance on an adaptation of the Eyes Test for children (the Child Eyes Test; Baron-Cohen, Wheelwright, Scahill, Lawson, & Spong, 2001 ) will correlate with concurrent conduct problems (antisocial behaviou”
Cognitive theories of autism (2007, background): “Baron-Cohen et al. (1997, 2001a, 2001b) showed participants photographs of the eye region of people’s faces (from midway along the nose to just above the eyebrow).”
Neural bases of eye and gaze processing: the core of social cognition. (2009, unknown): “Finally, isolated eye regions are often sufficient to recognize the six basic emotions but also more complex feelings such as jealousy, envy or guilt (Baron-Cohen et al., 1997b, 2001a).”
The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences. (2003, background): “Finally, on the AQ, males in the general population score higher than females, and people with AS or HFA score highest of all (Baron-Cohen et al. 2001).”
Talent in autism: hyper-systemizing, hyper-attention to detail and sensory hypersensitivity (2009, background): “First, such children perform above the level that one would expect on a physics test (Baron-Cohen et al. 2001).”