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Mental State Attribution and the Temporoparietal Junction: An fMRI Study Comparing Belief, Emotion, and Perception
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Zaitchik, Deborah; Walker, Caren; Miller, Saul; LaViolette, Pete; Feczko, Eric; Dickerson, Bradford C. – Neuropsychologia, 2010
By age 2, children attribute referential mental states such as perceptions and emotions to themselves and others, yet it is not until age 4 that they attribute representational mental states such as beliefs. This raises an interesting question: is attribution of beliefs different from attribution of perceptions and emotions in terms of its neural…
Descriptors: Sentences, Visual Stimuli, Verbal Stimuli, Form Classes (Languages)
Dissociations and Dependencies between Speed and Accuracy: Evidence for a Two-Component Theory of Divided Attention in Simple Tasks.
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Pashler, Harold – Cognitive Psychology, 1989
How the dual-task interference effects, observed when subjects attempted to simultaneously perform two simple tasks, are related to capacity limitations in perceptual processing of complex visual displays was studied. Results for a total of 110 undergraduates in 6 experiments support a 2-component theory of divided attention. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attention, Higher Education, Perception, Performance Factors
Perspective-Taking Ability: Effects of Age, Task, and Egocentrism.
Kraus, Marcy L. – 1984
The effects of age, task, and egocentric responding on visual-spatial perspective taking were studied among 41 preschool children between 3.0 and 5.9 years of age. Children were individually administered three perspective-taking measures: the upside-down/right-side-up task, a block task, and a picture box task, all previously described in the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Egocentrism