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Visual and haptic responses as measures of word comprehension and speed of processing in toddlers: Relative predictive utility.

Author(s): Smolak E; Hendrickson K; Zesiger P; Poulin-Dubois D; Friend M;

Early vocabulary knowledge and speed of word processing are important foundational skills for the development of preschool and school-age language and cognition. However, the variance in outcomes accounted for by parent-reported receptive or expressive voca...

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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

Article GUID: 30025256
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
Title:Social orienting predicts implicit false belief understanding in preschoolers.
Authors:Burnside K,  Wright K,  Poulin-Dubois D
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30025256?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1016/j.jecp.2018.05.015
Category:J Exp Child Psychol
PMID:30025256
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec H4B 1R6, Canada. Electronic address: kimberly.burnside1@gmail.com.
2 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec H4B 1R6, Canada.

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Social orienting predicts implicit false belief understanding in preschoolers.

J Exp Child Psychol. 2018 11;175:67-79

Authors: Burnside K, Wright K, Poulin-Dubois D

Abstract

According to the social motivation theory, orienting toward social elements of the environment should be related to sociocognitive abilities, such as theory of mind (ToM), in both typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder. The objective of the current study was to assess whether social orienting skills predict ToM abilities in preschoolers by using two social orienting tasks (biological motion and face preference) and an implicit false belief task. A total of 38 children, aged 2-4?years, participated in this study. As expected, participants showed a social preference on both tasks measuring social orienting. More importantly, children's performance on the face preference task predicted their performance on the false belief task, providing the first evidence for a link between social motivation and ToM in preschoolers.

PMID: 30025256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]