The roles of language and executive function in Mandarin-speaking children’s theory of mind development
In: Frontiers in Psychology, Jg. 15 (2024-06-01)
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IntroductionResearch has indicated that language and executive function relate closely to first-order false belief reasoning, yet their roles in second-order false belief reasoning are under-explored, and their interplay in theory of mind development remains obscure.MethodsThis study assessed 160 Mandarin-speaking preschoolers’ and early primary schoolers’ language, executive function, and theory of mind abilities to examine the unique roles and interplay of language and executive function in first-order and second-order false belief reasoning.ResultsResults showed that language significantly uniquely predicted the children’s first-order as well as second-order false belief reasoning when controlling for the effects of age and executive function. Although executive function significantly predicted first-order FB reasoning when controlling for age, it was no longer a significant predictor of first-order FB reasoning when language was included in the model. However, executive function played a significant unique role in second-order FB reasoning when controlling for the effects of age and language.DiscussionThe current findings suggest that language plays a greater role than executive function in Mandarin-speaking children’s theory of mind development and the contributors to theory of mind development vary in different levels of false belief reasoning.
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The roles of language and executive function in Mandarin-speaking children’s theory of mind development
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Li, Honglan ; Leung, Man-Tak |
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Zeitschrift: | Frontiers in Psychology, Jg. 15 (2024-06-01) |
Veröffentlichung: | Frontiers Media S.A., 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 (print) |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1354207 |
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