Training self-other distinction facilitates perspective taking in young children
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People sometimes commit ‘egocentric errors’, failing to ignore their own perspective when interpreting others' communication. Training imitation- inhibition, when participants perform the opposite action from another person, facilitates subsequent perspective-taking in adults. This study tested whether imitation-inhibition training also facilitates perspective-taking in 3- to 6-year- olds, an age where egocentric perspective may be particularly inf luential. Children participated in a 10-min imitation-inhibition, imitation, or non-social-inhibition training (white, n= 25 per condition, 33 female, period: 2018–2021), then the communicative-perspective-taking Director task. Training had a significant effect (F(2, 71) = 3.316, p= .042, η2= .085): on critical trials, the imitation-inhibition- group selected the correct object more often than the other groups. Imitation- inhibition training specifically enhanced the perspective-taking process possibly by highlighting the distinction between self and other.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Child Development |
Volume | 94 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 956-969 |
ISSN | 0009-3920 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2023 |
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- https://psyarxiv.com/dyb2x/
Submitted manuscript
- https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.13912
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