The relationship between theory of mind and mental rotation ability in preschool aged children

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-383636
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.38363

Lehmann, Jennifer ; Jansen, Petra

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Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between two tasks of perspective taking, the social perspective taking ability, namely theory of mind, and the spatial one, namely mental rotation, in preschool aged children. Both abilities develop during preschool age (Frick et al., 2013; Wellmann et al., 2001). We investigated 83 children aged between three and four years regarding their theory of mind ...