Abstract:
The ability to attribute different mental states to distinct individuals, or Theory of Mind (ToM), is widely believed to be developed mostly during preschool years. How different factors such as gender, number of siblings or coarse personality traits affect this development is not entirely agreed upon. Here, we introduce a computerized version of the scaled ToM suite of tasks introduced by Wellman and Liu (2004), which allows us to meaningfully test ToM development on children 6 to 8 years old. We find that kids this age are still not entirely proficient in all ToM tasks, and continue to show a progression of performance with age. By testing this new age range, too, we are able to observe a significant advantage of girls over boys in ToM performance. Other factors such as number of siblings, birth order, and coarse personality traits show no significant relation with the ToM task results. Finally, we introduce a novel way to quantify the scaling property of the suite involving a sequence of set inclusions on one hand and a comparison between specially tailored sets of logistic models on the other. These measures confirm the validity of the scale in the 6- to 8- years old range.
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Título: | Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children |
Autor: | Calero, C.I.; Salles, A.; Semelman, M.; Sigman, M. |
Filiación: | Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina IFIBA, CONICET, Argentina Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Development; Gender differences; Mental states; Scaling; Theory of mind; age distribution; article; birth order; child; female; human; male; mental health; personality; prediction; preschool child; quantitative analysis; rating scale; school child; sex difference; sibling; task performance; theory of mind; validity |
Año: | 2013
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Número: | MAY
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00281 |
Título revista: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Título revista abreviado: | Front. Human Neurosci.
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ISSN: | 16625161
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_16625161_v_nMAY_p_Calero |
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Calero, C.I., Salles, A., Semelman, M. & Sigman, M.
(2013)
. Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience(MAY).
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Calero, C.I., Salles, A., Semelman, M., Sigman, M.
"Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children"
. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, no. MAY
(2013).
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Calero, C.I., Salles, A., Semelman, M., Sigman, M.
"Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children"
. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, no. MAY, 2013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00281---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Calero, C.I., Salles, A., Semelman, M., Sigman, M. Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children. Front. Human Neurosci. 2013(MAY).
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00281