A broad assessment of theory of mind in adolescence: The complexity of mindreading

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-97

  Bosco, Francesca M ^a,b   Gabbatore, Ilaria ^a   Tirassa, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Neuroscience Institute of Turin   (Italy)

Author keywords

Egocentric vs. allocentric; First vs. third person theory of mind; Mindreading; Self perception; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPREHENSION; EGOCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIRST ORDER TASK; FIRST PERSON TASK; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MINDREADING; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND ORDER TASK; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; THEORY OF MIND ASSESSMENT SCALE; THIRD PERSON TASK; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84893403716     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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