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Direct linkMiller, Hilary E.; Vlach, Haley A.; Simmering, Vanessa R. – Child Development, 2017
Prior research has investigated the relation between children's language and spatial cognition by assessing the quantity of children's spatial word production, with limited attention to the context in which children use such words. This study tested whether 4-year-olds children's (N = 41, primarily white middle class) adaptive use of task-relevant…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Spatial Ability, Child Language, Preschool Children
Myers, Lauren J.; Liben, Lynn S. – Child Development, 2012
Children gradually develop interpretive theory of mind (iToM)--the understanding that different people may interpret identical events or stimuli differently. The present study tested whether more advanced iToM underlies children's recognition that map symbols' meanings must be communicated to others when symbols are iconic (resemble their…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Child Development, Children, Maps
Schick, Brenda; de Villiers, Peter; de Villiers, Jill; Hoffmeister, Robert – Child Development, 2007
Theory-of-mind (ToM) abilities were studied in 176 deaf children aged 3 years 11 months to 8 years 3 months who use either American Sign Language (ASL) or oral English, with hearing parents or deaf parents. A battery of tasks tapping understanding of false belief and knowledge state and language skills, ASL or English, was given to each child.…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Oral English, Delayed Speech, American Sign Language
