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The Development of Advanced Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood: A Longitudinal Study from Age 5 to 10 Years
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Osterhaus, Christopher; Koerber, Susanne – Child Development, 2021
This 5-year longitudinal study investigated advanced theory-of-mind (AToM) development in 161 German 5- to 10-year-olds (89 females, 72 males). Core aspects of AToM developed nonlinearly, with children reaching a milestone at the age of 7 years, around when they attained the conceptual insight that mental states can be recursive. In late…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Social Cognition, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries