True- and false-belief reasoning in children and adults: An event-related potential study of theory of mind

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Meinhardt, Jörg ^a   Sodian, Beate ^a   Thoermer, Claudia ^a   Döhnel, Katrin ^b   Sommer, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior slow wave; Development; False belief; Late positive complex; Mentalizing; True belief

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FALSE BELIEF REASONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THEORY OF MIND; TRUE BELIEF REASONING; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CULTURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251605328     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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