Domain-General Contributions to Social Reasoning: Theory of Mind and Deontic Reasoning Re-Explored

Autor/inn/en	McKinnon, Margaret C.; Moscovitch, Morris
Titel	Domain-General Contributions to Social Reasoning: Theory of Mind and Deontic Reasoning Re-Explored
Quelle	In: Cognition, 102 (2007) 2, S.179-218 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2005.12.011
Schlagwörter	Older Adults; Memory; Cognitive Development; Task Analysis; Thinking Skills; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Gedächtnis; Kognitive Entwicklung; Aufgabenanalyse; Denkfähigkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	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. (Author).
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