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- Title
Individual Differences in Children's Corepresentation of Self and Other in Joint Action.
- Authors
Milward, Sophie J.; Kita, Sotaro; Apperly, Ian A.
- Abstract
Previous research has shown that children aged 4-5 years, but not 2-3 years, show adult-like interference from a partner when performing a joint task (Milward, Kita, & Apperly, 2014). This raises questions about the cognitive skills involved in the development of such "corepresentation (CR)" of a partner (Sebanz, Knoblich, & Prinz, 2003). Here, individual differences data from one hundred and thirteen 4- to 5-year-olds showed theory of mind (ToM) and inhibitory control (IC) as predictors of ability to avoid CR interference, suggesting that children with better ToM abilities are more likely to succeed in decoupling self and other representations in a joint task, while better IC is likely to help children avoid interference from a partner's response when selecting their own response on the task.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; INDIVIDUAL differences in children; SELF in children; TASK performance; COGNITIVE ability; COLLECTIVE action; PSYCHOLOGY of adults; INHIBITION in children; PHILOSOPHY of mind in children; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Child Development, 2017, Vol 88, Issue 3, p964
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.12693