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Micaela JacobsonHonours Spec. in Psychology, BSc candidate
Supervisor: Dr. Adam Cohen
THE HUMAN MIND READER
What is Theory of Mind (ToM)?
Introduction
What is a social attentional cue?◦ (Posner Cueing Paradigm)
Introduction (cont’d)
-Can use gaze or arrows!
Both are impaired in people with autism…
Goal: To combine these two areas of research
Purpose: To distinguish between two competing hypotheses
-privileged circuitry
-Previous studies have not found a difference between arrow cues and gaze cues… but they did not provide a social context!
Introduction (cont’d): The Present Study
2 x 2 factorial
◦Congruency (within subjects)◦Cue type (between subjects)
Introduction (cont’d) Study Design
Hypothesis
We expected an interaction between cue type and congruency
Introduction (cont’d)
Method/ Approach
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False Belief Trial
True Belief Trial
The predicted interaction was non-significant
(p = 0.2)◦Did not support the “privileged circuitry”
hypothesis◦Null hypothesis was supported by
Bayesian analysis
Results/ Analysis
The brain treats directional cues in a more general-purpose way than we expected (in regard to connectivity)
Conclusion
Implications for autism…
Conclusions/ Implications