The relationship between theory of mind and mental rotation ability in preschool-aged children

被引：5
作者：
不详
机构：
[1] Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciene, Department of Sport Science, University of Regensburg, Regensburg
来源：
COGENT PSYCHOLOGY | 2019年 / 6卷 / 01期
关键词：
theory of mindmental; rotation perspective; taking preschool children; GOAL-DIRECTED ACTION; THEORY-OF-MIND; SEX-DIFFERENCES; ATTENTION; METAANALYSIS; INFANTS;
D O I：
10.1080/23311908.2019.1582127
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
This study investigates the relationship between two tasks of perspective taking, the social perspective taking ability, namely theory of mind, and the spatial one, namely mental rotation, in preschool-aged children. Both abilities develop during preschool age. We investigated 83 children aged between 3 and 4 years regarding their theory of mind and mental rotation ability. A significant correlation between both tasks was found for those children, who were able to solve the mental rotation task. This relation was no longer significant when analyzing the two age groups separately. Due to the small sample size as well as the performance in the mental rotation test more research is needed to investigate this relationship and its role in development.
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