Do deaf adults with limited language have advanced theory of mind?

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1491-1501

  Hao, Jian ^a   Su, Yanjie ^a   Chan, Raymond C K ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Deaf adults; Interpersonal experience; Language; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957146005     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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