ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Early Explicit False Belief Understanding May Not Depend on Complement Syntax
- Irina Jarvers
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich - Stella Grosso
Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich - Larissa Kaltefleiter
Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich - Tobias Schuwerk
Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich - Beate Sodian
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Abstract
False belief understanding is suggested to share a representational structure with complement syntax due the representational demands involved in separating the truth value of a belief from reality. The present findings indicate that very early explicit false belief understanding may be unrelated to the acquisition of syntactic structures.
Social Cognition