APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Social Perspective Taking, Mental Attention, Language, and Executive Function
- Keely Owens-Jaffray
Trent University Durham - Ashley Toohey
Trent University Durham - Nancie Im-Bolter
Trent University Durham
Abstract
The current study investigates the role of mental attention, language, and executive function in social perspective taking in children and adolescents. Although language and mental attention predicted social perspective taking in both groups, different executive processes contributed to social perspective taking in children and adolescents.
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