Can processing demands explain toddlers' performance in false-belief tasks?

Two-and-a-half-year-olds normally fail standard false-belief tasks. In the classic version, children have to say where a protagonist will look for an apple that, unbeknownst to her, was moved to a new location. Children under 4 generally predict that the protagonist will look for her apple in its cu...

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Main Authors: Jara-Ettinger, Julian (Author), Rubio-Fernandez, Paula (Contributor), Gibson, Edward A (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2017-11-09T19:36:10Z.
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