Anemone's Blog

Astington has provided us with a wonderful resource for understanding the theory around "theory of mind". She describes the history of the concept: who invented the term and what they meant by it, then philosophical discussions people had about what it should mean, then subsequent experiments and wh...

Not everyone starts speaking at the exact same age. Some talk early, some talk at the average age, and some talk late. Most people who talk late get caught up once they start talking. Those who don't start talking until after age 6-7 do have problems, and those who don't start talking until past pub...

(as usual, also posted on my website)

Baron-Cohen and Wheelwright (2004) have created their own empathy scale for measuring empathy in autistic people, rather than use a previously constructed scale. I am not familiar with most of the scales they reject, but I do object to their reaso...