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Direct linkSabbagh, Mark A.; Moses, Louis J.; Shiverick, Sean – Child Development, 2006
Two studies were conducted to investigate the specificity of the relationship between preschoolers' emerging executive functioning skills and false belief understanding. Study 1 (N=44) showed that 3- to 5-year-olds' performance on an executive functioning task that required selective suppression of actions predicted performance on false belief…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Beliefs, Photography, Visual Aids
Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael; Call, Josep; Gluckman, Andrea – Child Development, 1997
Compared comprehension of novel communicative signs to assist 2.5- and 3-year-old humans, chimpanzees, and orangutans find hidden objects during a hiding-finding game. Found that children at both ages performed above chance with all signs. No ape performed above chance for any signs not known before the experiment despite three times as many…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Cognitive Development, Communication Research, Communication Skills
