TY - CHAP
T1 - WHY THE NEURAL CORRELATES MATTER
T2 - Evidence for Self-Recognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Tested in a Naturalistic Environment
AU - Christiana, William
AU - Tucker, Sydney
AU - Johnson, Amanda
AU - Sierzputowski, Claudia
AU - Zirul, Tori
AU - Keenan, Julian Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Julian Paul Keenan, Karina Quevedo and William D. Hopkins; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - While most researchers agree that there are deficits of self-awareness in the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the degree to which such deficits exist remains debated. Children and adolescents were tested using a variant form of Gallup’s (1970) self-recognition task in their own homes as opposed to a laboratory or school. Three groups were tested: Autism, ASD/NA (a group of other autism spectrum disorders excluding autism) and Non-ASD (a MR control group) using two types of mirrors (a standard mirror and a non-reversing mirror). In both mirror conditions, significantly fewer participants with autism demonstrated mirror recognition when compared to the Non-ASD group. Additionally, significantly fewer participants with ASD/NA passed during the regular mirror condition in comparison to the Non-ASD group. While these results support the theory that self-awareness deficits may exist in ASD, there is strong evidence of self-recognition in a notable amount of ASD participants as they passed in both mirror conditions. From these results, it can be speculated that some individuals with ASD may also possess rudimentary self-awareness and that testing environment may play a role in reported results.
AB - While most researchers agree that there are deficits of self-awareness in the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the degree to which such deficits exist remains debated. Children and adolescents were tested using a variant form of Gallup’s (1970) self-recognition task in their own homes as opposed to a laboratory or school. Three groups were tested: Autism, ASD/NA (a group of other autism spectrum disorders excluding autism) and Non-ASD (a MR control group) using two types of mirrors (a standard mirror and a non-reversing mirror). In both mirror conditions, significantly fewer participants with autism demonstrated mirror recognition when compared to the Non-ASD group. Additionally, significantly fewer participants with ASD/NA passed during the regular mirror condition in comparison to the Non-ASD group. While these results support the theory that self-awareness deficits may exist in ASD, there is strong evidence of self-recognition in a notable amount of ASD participants as they passed in both mirror conditions. From these results, it can be speculated that some individuals with ASD may also possess rudimentary self-awareness and that testing environment may play a role in reported results.
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U2 - 10.4324/9781003181156-5
DO - 10.4324/9781003181156-5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85169403330
SN - 9781032019536
SP - 50
EP - 71
BT - Self-Face Recognition and the Brain
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -