Confronting the language barrier: Theory of mind in deaf children

Highlights • Deaf children's performance on false belief tasks was similar to that of hearing preschoolers. • Deaf children performed significantly poorer than age-matched controls on all false-belief tasks. • BSL receptive language skills predicted deaf children's performance on the unexp...

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Published in:	Journal of communication disorders Vol. 56; no. Aug; pp. 47 - 58
Main Authors:	Jones, Anna C, Gutierrez, Roberto, Ludlow, Amanda K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-07-2015
Subjects:	Case-Control Studies Child Deaf children Disabled Children - psychology False belief Female Humans Language Male Persons With Hearing Impairments - psychology Psychiatry Theory of Mind False belief Theory of mind Language Deaf children
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Summary:	Highlights • Deaf children's performance on false belief tasks was similar to that of hearing preschoolers. • Deaf children performed significantly poorer than age-matched controls on all false-belief tasks. • BSL receptive language skills predicted deaf children's performance on the unexpected-content task. • Lip-reading predicted deaf children's performance on the unexpected-location task.
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ISSN:	0021-9924 1873-7994
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.06.005