Domain-general contributions to social reasoning: Theory of mind and deontic reasoning re-explored
Domain-general contributions to social reasoning: Theory of mind and deontic reasoning re-explored
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cognition.2005.12.011
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Moscovitch, Morris
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作者：
McKinnon, Margaret C.;Moscovitch, Morris
使用老年人和双任务干扰，我们研究了两个社会推理任务的性能：心理理论（ToM）任务和版本的道义选择任务，涉及社会契约和危险条件。与社会推理的表现帐户（莱斯利，弗里德曼，和德国，2004年），来自老龄化和双任务方法的证据表明，域一般资源有助于这些任务的表现。具体而言，老年人受损相对于年轻人的所有类型的社会推理任务测试;性能不同的功能，这些任务的要求放在域一般资源。此外，在年轻的成年人，同时执行的工作记忆任务干扰了年轻的成年人的表现，这两种类型的社会推理任务，在这里也是干扰效果的大小不同的处理要求的每一个任务。执行功能对社会推理的限制对表现有很大的影响，即使在老年和健康的年轻人在分散注意力的条件下也是如此。潜在的非模块化和模块化的社会推理的贡献的作用进行了讨论。(c)2006年由Elsevier B. V.出版
Using older adults and dual-task interference, we examined performance on two social reasoning tasks: theory of mind (ToM) tasks and versions of the deontic selection task involving social contracts and hazardous conditions. In line with performance accounts of social reasoning (Leslie, Friedman, & German, 2004), evidence from both aging and the dual-task method suggested that domain-general resources contribute to performance of these tasks. Specifically, older adults were impaired relative to younger adults on all types of social reasoning tasks tested; performance varied as a function of the demands these tasks placed on domain-general resources. Moreover, in younger adults, simultaneous performance of a working memory task interfered with younger adults' performance on both types of social reasoning tasks; here too, the magnitude of the interference effect varied with the processing demands of each task. Limits placed on social reasoning by executive functions contribute a great deal to performance, even in old age and in healthy younger adults under conditions of divided attention. The role of potentially non-modular and modular contributions to social reasoning is discussed. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.