自闭症儿童认知发展研究的回溯与探索

对自闭症 (autism)儿童的研究已走过了近 60年的历史 ,对自闭症儿童的认知发展的研究也取得显著进展。在这些研究中 ,三大理论模式 ,即“认知语言障碍论”、“心理理论”和“情感认知障碍论”占有重要地位。本文试对上述主要理论及基于这些理论所作的研究作一综合性阐述与分析。同时 ,对这些研究给我们留下的未决的课题进行初步探索。

Review and Research: the Cognitive Development of Autistic Children

The researchers have been paying attention to the autistic children's development since 1943. There are three approaches in the researches, which focus on the cognitive development of autistic children. Three theories are consequence of this field. They are Cognitive Deficits Theory, Theory of Mind and Emotion Recognition Deficits Theory. This paper review the approaches of three models and the studies based on these theories. Meantime, explore the new approach to development the theories.