Autism, language, and the folk psychology of souls
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (5):473-473 (2006)
| Abstract | Anecdotal evidence suggests that people with autism, with known impairments in mechanisms supporting a folk psychology of mind or souls, can hold a belief in an afterlife. We focus on the role language plays, not just in acquiring the specific content of beliefs, but more significantly, in the acquisition of the concept of life after death for all people. | |||||||||
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