| Can an agent's false belief be corrected by an appropriate communication? Psychological reasoning in 18-month-old infants. | |
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PMID: 18976745 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Do 18-month-olds understand that an agent's false belief can be corrected by an appropriate, though not an inappropriate, communication? In Experiment 1, infants watched a series of events involving two agents, a ball, and two containers: a box and a cup. To start, agent1 played with the ball and then hid it in the box, while agent2 looked on. Next, in agent1's absence, agent2 moved the ball from the box to the cup. When agent1 returned, agent2 told her "The ball is in the cup!" (informative-intervention condition) or "I like the cup!" (uninformative-intervention condition). During test, agent1 reached for either the box (box event) or the cup (cup event). In the informative-intervention condition, infants who saw the box event looked reliably longer than those who saw the cup event; in the uninformative-intervention condition, the reverse pattern was found. These results suggest that infants expected agent1's false belief about the ball's location to be corrected when she was told "The ball is in the cup!", but not "I like the cup!". In Experiment 2, agent2 simply pointed to the ball's new location, and infants again expected agent1's false belief to be corrected. These and control results provide additional evidence that infants in the second year of life can attribute false beliefs to agents. In addition, the results suggest that by 18 months of age infants expect agents' false beliefs to be corrected by relevant communications involving words or gestures. |
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Authors:
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Hyun-Joo Song; Kristine H Onishi; Renée Baillargeon; Cynthia Fisher |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-10-30 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cognition Volume: 109 ISSN: 1873-7838 ISO Abbreviation: Cognition Publication Date: 2008 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-26 Completed Date: 2009-03-12 Revised Date: 2011-05-12 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0367541 Medline TA: Cognition Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 295-315 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea. hsong@yonsei.ac.kr |
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Child Development
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physiology* Cognition / physiology* Communication* Female Humans Infant Male Mental Processes / physiology* Space Perception / physiology |
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HD-021104/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD-044458/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-12/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-14/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-15/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-16/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-17/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-18A1/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-19/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-20/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-21/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-22/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD021104-23A1/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD044458-01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD044458-02/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD044458-03/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD054448-05/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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