Social categorization based on permanent versus transient visual traits in neurotypical children and children with autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT: The present study was designed to test the relative weight of different types of category markers in children's representations of social and biological kinds. We reasoned that in order to efficiently navigate through the mesh network of overlapping social categories, the representational system dedicated to processing information about social groups should be prepared to flexibly switch between potential ways of categorizing fellow humans. Thus, we hypothesized that children would assign more relevance to transient but symbolic features, such as shirt colour, when categorizing humans than other animal species. Across two experiments, we investigated whether typically developing children as well as children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder would categorize drawings of humans and dog

SUBMITTER: Kiss O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985514 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature