| Attributing false beliefs about non-obvious properties at 18 months. | |
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PMID: 21047625 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Reports that infants in the second year of life can attribute false beliefs to others have all used a search paradigm in which an agent with a false belief about an object's location searches for the object. The present research asked whether 18-month-olds would still demonstrate false-belief understanding when tested with a novel non-search paradigm. An experimenter shook an object, demonstrating that it rattled, and then asked an agent, "Can you do it?" In response to this prompt, the agent selected one of two test objects. Infants realized that the agent could be led through inference (Experiment 1) or memory (Experiment 2) to hold a false belief about which of the two test objects rattled. These results suggest that 18-month-olds can attribute false beliefs about non-obvious properties to others, and can do so in a non-search paradigm. These and additional results (Experiment 3) help address several alternative interpretations of false-belief findings with infants. |
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Authors:
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Rose M Scott; Renée Baillargeon; Hyun-joo Song; Alan M Leslie |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-11-02 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cognitive psychology Volume: 61 ISSN: 1095-5623 ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Psychol Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-11-15 Completed Date: 2011-02-25 Revised Date: 2011-12-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0241111 Medline TA: Cogn Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 366-95 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA. rmscott2@uiuc.edu |
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Child Development
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physiology* Cognition / physiology* Concept Formation / physiology* Female Humans Infant Male |
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1 T32MH1819990/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; HD-021104/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-26/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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