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Neural Correlates of Belief- and Desire-Reasoning in 7- and 8-Year-Old Children: An Event-Related Potential Study
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Bowman, Lindsay C.; Liu, David; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Science, 2012
Theory of mind requires belief- "and" desire-understanding. Event-related brain potential (ERP) research on belief- and desire-reasoning in adults found mid-frontal activations for both desires and beliefs, and selective right-posterior activations "only" for beliefs. Developmentally, children understand desires before beliefs; thus, a critical…
Descriptors: Children, Beliefs, Logical Thinking, Theory of Mind