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riverotter
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23 Dec 2007, 9:52 am

2ukenkerl wrote:
I used to believe there was a basic set of knowledge, and basic logic all people had.

I had a similar belief- that there was a basic set of knowledge that everyone but me was born with. Wasted a lot of time trying to figure out just what it was and how it came to be that I didn't have it too.



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10 Jan 2008, 6:20 am

Are there any good available online tests for theory of mind? I assume not(reliable online tests themselves rarely exist!).



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10 Jan 2008, 6:49 am

scumsuckingdouchebag wrote:
Are there any good available online tests for theory of mind? I assume not(reliable online tests themselves rarely exist!).

There aren't even any reliable offline tests for it. As a psychologist friend of mine says, they are not even sure what the existing tests measure most of the time; and that the methodology is currently under complete review as being seriously suspect/weak.

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10 Jan 2008, 2:17 pm

So how do psychologists truly determine who is autistic and who isn't then? Meeting the threshold criteria listed in the DSM-IV doesn't seem to be reliable enough, IMO.