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Naïve Theories of Biology, Physics, and Psychology in Children with ASD.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Dutemple E, Burnside K

Theory of mind is defined as the understanding that mental states predict and explain people's behaviors. It develops around the age of 4 but seems to remain deficient in people with ASD, whereas other forms of naïve understanding remain intact. This st...

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Infants Generalize Beliefs Across Individuals.

Author(s): Burnside K, Neumann C, Poulin-Dubois D

It has been argued that infants possess a rich, sophisticated theory of mind (ToM) that is only revealed with tasks based on spontaneous responses. A mature (ToM) implies the understanding that mental states are person specific. Previous studies on infants&...

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Theory of mind development: State of the science and future directions.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D

This chapter offers a brief overview of how research on theory of mind development has developed over the recent years, with a focus on current research and theoretical accounts of theory of mind during the infancy period. The topics covered include the fac...

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Concurrent Validity of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT): Socio-cognitive and Verbal Skills in 18-Month-Old Infants.

Author(s): Ruel A, Chiarella SS, Crivello C, Poulin-Dubois D

J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Feb 04;: Authors: Ruel A, Chiarella SS, Crivello C, Poulin-Dubois D

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Selective social learning in infancy: looking for mechanisms.

Author(s): Crivello C, Phillips S, Poulin-Dubois D

Dev Sci. 2018 05;21(3):e12592 Authors: Crivello C, Phillips S, Poulin-Dubois D

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Probing the depth of infants' theory of mind: disunity in performance across paradigms.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Yott J

Dev Sci. 2018 Jul;21(4):e12600 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Yott J

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Knowing who knows: Metacognitive and causal learning abilities guide infants' selective social learning.

Author(s): Kuzyk O, Grossman S, Poulin-Dubois D

Dev Sci. 2019 Sep 13;:e12904 Authors: Kuzyk O, Grossman S, Poulin-Dubois D

Article GUID: 31519037
Social orienting predicts implicit false belief understanding in preschoolers.

Author(s): Burnside K, Wright K, Poulin-Dubois D

J Exp Child Psychol. 2018 11;175:67-79 Authors: Burnside K, Wright K, Poulin-Dubois D

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Toddlers' attention to intentions-in-action in learning novel action words.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Forbes JN

Dev Psychol. 2002 Jan;38(1):104-14 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Forbes JN

Article GUID: 11806694
The developmental origins of naïve psychology in infancy.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Brooker I, Chow V

Adv Child Dev Behav. 2009;37:55-104 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Brooker I, Chow V

Article GUID: 19673160
The effects of bilingualism on toddlers' executive functioning.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Blaye A, Coutya J, Bialystok E

J Exp Child Psychol. 2011 Mar;108(3):567-79 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Blaye A, Coutya J, Bialystok E

Article GUID: 21122877
Biological motion primes the animate/inanimate distinction in infancy.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Crivello C, Wright K

PLoS One. 2015;10(2):e0116910 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Crivello C, Wright K

Article GUID: 25659077
The eyes know it: Toddlers' visual scanning of sad faces is predicted by their theory of mind skills.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Hastings PD, Chiarella SS, Geangu E, Hauf P, Ruel A, Johnson A

PLoS One. 2018;13(12):e0208524 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Hastings PD, Chiarella SS, Geangu E, Hauf P, Ruel A, Johnson A

Article GUID: 30521593
Title:Selective social learning in infancy: looking for mechanisms.
Authors:Crivello C,  Phillips S,  Poulin-Dubois D
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28856760?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1111/desc.12592
Category:Dev Sci
PMID:28856760
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Selective social learning in infancy: looking for mechanisms.

Dev Sci. 2018 05;21(3):e12592

Authors: Crivello C, Phillips S, Poulin-Dubois D

Abstract

Although there is mounting evidence that selective social learning begins in infancy, the psychological mechanisms underlying this ability are currently a controversial issue. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether theory of mind abilities and statistical learning skills are related to infants' selective social learning. Seventy-seven 18-month-olds were first exposed to a reliable or an unreliable speaker and then completed a word learning task, two theory of mind tasks, and a statistical learning task. If domain-general abilities are linked to selective social learning, then infants who demonstrate superior performance on the statistical learning task should perform better on the selective learning task, that is, should be less likely to learn words from an unreliable speaker. Alternatively, if domain-specific abilities are involved, then superior performance on theory of mind tasks should be related to selective learning performance. Findings revealed that, as expected, infants were more likely to learn a novel word from a reliable speaker. Importantly, infants who passed a theory of mind task assessing knowledge attribution were significantly less likely to learn a novel word from an unreliable speaker compared to infants who failed this task. No such effect was observed for the other tasks. These results suggest that infants who possess superior social-cognitive abilities are more apt to reject an unreliable speaker as informant. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/zuuCniHYzqo.

PMID: 28856760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]