Search for dissertations about: "false-belief task"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words false-belief task.

2. 1. From interest contagion to perspective sharing : How social attention affects children's performance in false-belief tasks

   Author : Andreas Falck; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; social cognition; intersubjectivity; false-belief task; contagion;

   Abstract : A large amount of socio-cognitive research has been devoted to questions about different perspectives – how do we understand that other people can have their own perspectives on reality. This is typically studied with so called false-belief-tasks (FBTs), which are experimental tasks designed to tap into an ability to understand that other people may have beliefs differing from our own (perspective-taking). READ MORE

4. 2. Mental representation and language access:Evidence from deaf children with different language backgrounds

   Author : Marek Meristo; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Keywords: mentalizing skills; theory-of-mind; social interaction; deafness; sign language;

   Abstract : The present work investigated the relationship between mentalizing skills on the one hand and different language experiences and cognitive characteristics on the other hand. The aim of study I was to determine whether access to sign language as the medium of instruction in school influences mentalizing abilities among deaf children. READ MORE