An assessment of age differences in theory of mind using the virtual assessment of mentalizing ability.
Prior research has shown that older adults perform more poorly than young on tasks that assess theory of mind (ToM). However, these studies have used tasks that are performed "offline" (i.e., requiring a second-person perspective) as opposed to "online" (i.e., requiring a first-person perspective)....
| Publicado en: | Aging, Neuropsychology & Cognition Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 97 - 108 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2021
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