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Getting Complements On Your Mental State (Verbs), Jill De Villiers
Getting Complements On Your Mental State (Verbs), Jill De Villiers
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
There is a considerable body of theoretical and experimental work on how children develop a Theory of Mind. A recent meta-analysis by Wellman, Cross and Watson (2001) has revealed a consensus that children develop an awareness that other people might have false beliefs around the age of four years, give or take six months. Wellman and some other theorists believe that children undergo a conceptual change at this point, from a psychological theory based primarily on desire as the motivator of human action, to one that accords beliefs a causal role. Other theorists such as Leslie (1991; 1994) contend that …
Investigating Age Factors In Cross-Language Transfer Of Phonological Processing Across English And Chinese Languages, Yan Gu
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The current study compared the reading and phonological performance of younger and older Chinese-speaking children who learned to read English as a second language in Canada. Parallel measures of reading, phonological processing, orthographic processing, and oral language proficiency were administered in English and Chinese to 25 younger children (Grades 1 and 2) and 26 older children (Grades 5 and 6). Phonological processing skill in English and Chinese were intercorrelated and correlated with English reading performance in both age groups. For the younger children, English phonological processing skill was a unique predictor of English reading performance. Conversely, for the older children, …
Imagery In Sentence Comprehension: An Fmri Study, Marcel Just, Sharlene Newman, Timothy Keller, Alice Mceleney, Patricia Carpenter
Imagery In Sentence Comprehension: An Fmri Study, Marcel Just, Sharlene Newman, Timothy Keller, Alice Mceleney, Patricia Carpenter
Marcel Adam Just
No abstract provided.
How The Brain Processes Causal Inferences In Text: A Theoretical Account Of Generation And Integration Component Processes Utilizing Both Cerebral Hemispheres, Robert Mason, Marcel Just
How The Brain Processes Causal Inferences In Text: A Theoretical Account Of Generation And Integration Component Processes Utilizing Both Cerebral Hemispheres, Robert Mason, Marcel Just
Marcel Adam Just
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Learning To Decode Cognitive States From Brain Images, Tom M. Mitchell, Rebecca Hutchinson, Radu S. Niculescu, Francisco Pereira, Xuerui Wang, Marcel Adam Just, Sharlene D. Newman
Learning To Decode Cognitive States From Brain Images, Tom M. Mitchell, Rebecca Hutchinson, Radu S. Niculescu, Francisco Pereira, Xuerui Wang, Marcel Adam Just, Sharlene D. Newman
Marcel Adam Just
No abstract provided.
Cortical Activation And Synchronization During Sentence Comprehension In High-Functioning Autism: Evidence Of Underconnectivity, Marcel Adam Just, Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Timothy A. Keller, Nancy J. Minshew
Cortical Activation And Synchronization During Sentence Comprehension In High-Functioning Autism: Evidence Of Underconnectivity, Marcel Adam Just, Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Timothy A. Keller, Nancy J. Minshew
Marcel Adam Just
No abstract provided.