How language does (and does not) relate to theory of mind: A longitudinal study of syntax, semantics, working memory and false belief

By L. Slade, T. Ruffman. 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Influence of Relational Knowledge and Executive Function on Preschoolers’ Repeating Pattern Knowledge (2016, methodology): “The task began with a training phase adapted from Slade and Ruffman (2005) in which the experimenter explained how to say a three-digit series backward through the aid of a picture.”
Language and theory of mind: meta-analysis of the relation between language ability and false-belief understanding. (2007, methodology): “Data were included from some unpublished manuscripts that have since been published (e.g., Slade & Ruffman, 2003, published as Slade & Ruffman, 2005).”
Mother-Child Reminiscing and Children's Understanding of Mind (2006, methodology): “In contrast, Welch-Ross (1997) and Perner and Ruffman (1995) found that children’s understanding of mind was a strong correlate of their reminiscing and episodic memory skill.”
Mindreading in Infancy (2013, background): “…1998), on some analyses they make no contribution to mindreading independent of the contribution they make to executive function abilities (Carlson et al., 2002, 2004), and on others they make no contribution to improvements in mindreading ability over a 6-month period (Slade and Ruffman, 2005).”
Why the Simple View of Reading Is Not Simplistic: Unpacking Component Skills of Reading Using a Direct and Indirect Effect Model of Reading (DIER) (2017, unknown): “…and attentional control were related to vocabulary and grammatical knowledge (Gathercole & Baddeley, 1990a, 1990b, 1993; Gathercole, Service, Hitch, Adams, &Martin, 1999) and higher order cognitive skills (Carlson, Moses, & Breton, 2002; Oakhill, Hartt, & Samols, 2005; Slade & Ruffman, 2005).”
How do use and comprehension of mental-state language relate to theory of mind in middle childhood? (2012, unknown): “…a key role in acquiring an understanding of mental states (Astington, 2001; Harris, de Rosnay, & Pons, 2005; Hughes, 2011; Hughes, Marks, Ensor, & Lecce, 2010; Lohman & Tomasello, 2003; Milligan, Astington, & Dack, 2007; Ruffman, Slade, Rowlandson, Rumsey, & Garnham, 2003; Slade & Ruffman, 2005).”
Hierarchical and dynamic relations of language and cognitive skills to reading comprehension: Testing the direct and indirect effects model of reading (DIER). (2019, result): “…2019) and a large body of previous, albeit piecemeal, studies indicating that foundational oral language and domain-general cognitive skills predict higher order skills (e.g., theory of mind; Arslan et al., 2017; Carlson, Moses, & Breton, 2002; de Villiers & Pyers, 2002; Slade & Ruffman, 2005).”
The Role of Language Games in Children's Understanding of Mental States: A Training Study (2011, result): “…relationship is still hotly debated (Milligan, Astington, & Dack, 2007) and the effect of language on theory of mind seems to be stronger than the other way around, recent findings support the hypothesis of a bidirectional relationship between theory of mind and language (Slade & Ruffman, 2005).”
What mothers say and what they do: The relation between parenting, theory of mind, language and conflict/cooperation (2006, unknown): “Astington & Jenkins, 1999; Cheung et al., 2004; de Villiers & Pyers, 2002; Farrar & Maag, 2002; Hale & Tager-Flusberg, 2003; Ruffman, Slade, Rowlandson, Rumsey, & Garnham, 2003; Slade & Ruffman, 2005; Smith, Apperly, & White, 2003).”
The Centrality of Language in Human Cognition (2016, unknown): “…1997; Casasola, ), spatial cognition (Casasola, 2005; E. V. Clark, 1980; Haun et al., 2011; Levine & Carey, 1982), executive function (Deák, 2003; Karbach, Kray, & Hommel, 2011; Vygotsky, 1962), and theory of mind (Astington & Baird, 2005; Hale & Tager-Flusberg, 2003; Slade & Ruffman, 2005).”