title: Social cognition in ADHD: irony understanding and recursive theory of mind.
abstract: The main goal of the present study was to characterise the social cognition abilities of French children with ADHD, in terms of their understanding of people's recursive mental states and their irony comprehension. We hypothesised that these children have difficulty understanding second-order false beliefs and ironic remarks, owing to the executive dysfunction that is characteristic of ADHD. We therefore conducted an experiment in which children with ADHD and typically developing matched controls performed second-order false-belief and executive function tasks. They then listened to ironic stories and answered questions about the ironic comments and about the speakers' beliefs and attitudes. The groups differed significantly on second-order theory of mind, irony comprehension and executive functions, confirming that children with ADHD have impaired social cognition.
authors.affiliation: Cognition, Health and Socialisation Laboratory (EA 6291), University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, 57 rue Pierre Taittinger, 51096 Reims Cedex, France. Electronic address: stephanie.caillies@univ-reims.fr.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caillies
authors.affiliation: Cognition, Health and Socialisation Laboratory (EA 6291), University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, 57 rue Pierre Taittinger, 51096 Reims Cedex, France; Department of Paediatrics, American Memorial Hospital, Reims University Hospital, 47 Rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Vincine
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertot
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, American Memorial Hospital, Reims University Hospital, 47 Rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Motte
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, American Memorial Hospital, Reims University Hospital, 47 Rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raynaud
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, American Memorial Hospital, Reims University Hospital, 47 Rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abely
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D032882:Comprehension; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D056345:Theory of Mind
keywords: ADHD; Executive functions; Irony; Pragmatics; Theory of mind