White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood

At age 4, children start understanding other peoples' false beliefs, but the related neuroanatomical changes are unknown. Here, authors show that false belief understanding is associated with age-related changes in white matter structure, and that this effect is independent of other cognitive a...

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Autores principales: Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, Jan Schreiber, Tania Singer, Nikolaus Steinbeis, Angela D. Friederici
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a670dafa301a451b84aa7f4fd5b3a9462021-12-02T15:36:59ZWhite matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood10.1038/ncomms146922041-1723https://doaj.org/article/a670dafa301a451b84aa7f4fd5b3a9462017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14692https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723At age 4, children start understanding other peoples' false beliefs, but the related neuroanatomical changes are unknown. Here, authors show that false belief understanding is associated with age-related changes in white matter structure, and that this effect is independent of other cognitive abilities.Charlotte Grosse WiesmannJan SchreiberTania SingerNikolaus SteinbeisAngela D. FriedericiNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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Tania Singer
Nikolaus Steinbeis
Angela D. Friederici
White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood
description At age 4, children start understanding other peoples' false beliefs, but the related neuroanatomical changes are unknown. Here, authors show that false belief understanding is associated with age-related changes in white matter structure, and that this effect is independent of other cognitive abilities.
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author Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann
Jan Schreiber
Tania Singer
Nikolaus Steinbeis
Angela D. Friederici
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title White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood
title_short White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood
title_full White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood
title_fullStr White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood
title_full_unstemmed White matter maturation is associated with the emergence of Theory of Mind in early childhood
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