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Direct linkDungan, James; Saxe, Rebecca – Cognitive Science, 2012
Language has been shown to play a key role in the development of a child's theory of mind, but its role in adult belief reasoning remains unclear. One recent study used verbal and nonverbal interference during a false-belief task to show that accurate belief reasoning in adults necessarily requires language (Newton & de Villiers, 2007). The…
Descriptors: Adults, Theory of Mind, Interference (Learning), Verbal Communication
