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Direct linkGerman, Tim P.; Hehman, Jessica A. – Cognition, 2006
Effective belief-desire reasoning requires both specialized representational capacities--the capacity to represent the mental states as such--as well as executive selection processes for accurate performance on tasks requiring the prediction and explanation of the actions of social agents. Compromised belief-desire reasoning in a given population…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Thinking Skills, Older Adults, Young Adults
