F84.5
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: A confederate will be introduced to the subject as another participant. The subject is instructed to verbally explain the story from a picture story (6 pictures) to the confederate. The subje
Sponsors
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All participants: no momentary psychotropic medication, age between 18 and 60 years, written consent, native language german // Specific criteria for healthy controls: no psychiatric of neurological diseases // specific criteria for persons with HFA/Asperger-Syndrom: F84.5 diagnosis (Asperger-Syndrom) according to ICD-10, no neurological or psychiatric co-morbidities
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Minors or persons older than 60 years, speech disorder or hearing impairment, momentary or previous diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disease other than F84.5 according to ICD-10 (Asperger-Syndrom), known skull-MRI or EEG abnormalities, current pregnancy, acute suicidal tendency, self- or other endangering behavior, lack of written consent or any kind of momentary or permanent legal incompetency, native language not german
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This study aims at elucidating the role of individual specificities in the ability of perspective taking aswell as information filtering. To this end, we will analyze individual behavioral differences in linguistic parameters of referential and prosodic expressions of informationsstatus (emphasizing new references in the discurs) and -structure (emphasizing especially informative words and phrases). | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactKai Vogeley
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln
Outcome results
None listed