Baron Cohen et al. (1997): Adults with Autism (functioning test of theory of mind)

>[NARRATOR] Okay, so the next video that
we are looking at is by Baron-Cohen et al.

When it says "et al.", it means that there
has been three or more researchers,

so if there's one researcher,
it'll say the researcher's name;

if there's two, it will say
the two researchers' names

(for example, Loftus & Palmer);

but if there has been three or more,

we usually put "et al.",
so Baron-Cohen et al.

So it was done in 1997

and it is looking at autism and
something called Theory of Mind.

So I'm just gonna go
through some key terms,

through a bit of background,

so make sure you make notes
on the background information,

and then we'll look at the study.

Autism is a developmental disorder
and it affects the social functioning of individuals.

So it looks at how individuals can
have impairments in several areas

related to their ability
to function socially,

communicate socially,
and things like that.