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The Relation between Children's and Mothers' Mental State Language and Theory-of-Mind Understanding.
Peer reviewedRuffman, Ted; Slade, Lance; Crowe, Elena – Child Development, 2002
This longitudinal study investigated the relation between mothers' descriptions of mental states portrayed in pictures and 2- to 4-year-old children's theory of mind. Mothers described pictures to children at 3 different times during the year. Findings indicated that mothers' use of mental state utterances at early time points correlated with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Emotional Response
