title: Helping and cooperation in children with autism.
abstract: Helping and cooperation are central to human social life. Here, we report two studies investigating these social behaviors in children with autism and children with developmental delay. In the first study, both groups of children helped the experimenter attain her goals. In the second study, both groups of children cooperated with an adult, but fewer children with autism performed the tasks successfully. When the adult stopped interacting at a certain moment, children with autism produced fewer attempts to re-engage her, possibly indicating that they had not formed a shared goal/shared intentions with her. These results are discussed in terms of the prerequisite cognitive and motivational skills and propensities underlying social behavior.
authors: Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. kliebal@eva.mpg.de
authors: Kristin
authors: K
authors: Liebal
authors: Costanza
authors: C
authors: Colombi
authors: Sally J
authors: SJ
authors: Rogers
authors: Felix
authors: F
authors: Warneken
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Tomasello
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D012919:Social Behavior
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