Measuring mindreading in preschoolers: The perspective battery (PERBAT).

IF 3 3区心理学 Q2 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Clinical Neuropsychologist Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-24 DOI:10.1080/13854046.2023.2250071

Massimiliano Conson, Mattia Siciliano, Isa Zappullo, Chiara Baiano, Luigi Trojano, Sara Salzano, Gabriella Santangelo

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Abstract

Objective: The capacity to take another person's visual perspective is pivotal for solving mindreading tests, such as Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks, but most of them heavily rely on domain-general abilities (e.g., language, executive functions). Here we present a novel battery of visual perspective-taking tests for child neuropsychological assessment, the Perspective Battery (PERBAT), which poses a limited load on domain-general abilities.

Methods: The battery includes four tests: i) Block Building; ii) Hide and Seek; iii) Deceptive Figures; iv) Double-Sided Shelf. We administered the PERBAT to 126 typically developing preschoolers (65 males; 3-6-year-old); the participants also performed classical tests of social cognition, language, and nonverbal abstract reasoning.

Results: The scores of all the PERBAT tests were significantly and positively related with age and scores of the classical social cognition tests, but not with scores of the language and nonverbal abstract reasoning tests.

Conclusions: The PERBAT could represent a useful neuropsychological tool providing a comprehensive assessment of visual perspective-taking skills in preschool children. Future investigation is needed to examine the validity of the PERBAT with neurotypical samples across countries, race, ethnicity, and language as well as with clinical populations. Longitudinal studies are also encouraged to examine whether early visual perspective-taking weaknesses are associated with later development of mindreading skills.

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测量学龄前儿童的读心能力：透视电池（PERBAT）。

目的：从他人的视觉角度看问题的能力对于解决读心测试（如心智理论（ToM）任务）至关重要，但大多数读心测试都严重依赖于领域一般能力（如语言、执行功能）。在此，我们为儿童神经心理评估提供了一套新颖的视觉透视测验--透视测验（PERBAT），它对一般领域能力的负荷有限：该测试包括四项测试：i) 搭积木；ii) 捉迷藏；iii) 欺骗性图形；iv) 双面架。我们对 126 名发育正常的学龄前儿童（65 名男性，3-6 岁）进行了 PERBAT 测试，同时还对他们进行了社会认知、语言和非语言抽象推理等方面的经典测试：所有 PERBAT 测试的得分均与年龄和经典社会认知测试的得分呈显著正相关，但与语言和非语言抽象推理测试的得分无关：PERBAT可以作为一种有用的神经心理学工具，对学龄前儿童的视觉透视能力进行全面评估。未来需要对不同国家、种族、民族和语言的神经畸形样本以及临床人群进行调查，以检验 PERBAT 的有效性。我们还鼓励开展纵向研究，以考察早期视觉透视能力的缺陷是否与日后读心能力的发展有关。

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Clinical Neuropsychologist 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

8.40

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12.80%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Clinical Neuropsychologist (TCN) serves as the premier forum for (1) state-of-the-art clinically-relevant scientific research, (2) in-depth professional discussions of matters germane to evidence-based practice, and (3) clinical case studies in neuropsychology. Of particular interest are papers that can make definitive statements about a given topic (thereby having implications for the standards of clinical practice) and those with the potential to expand today’s clinical frontiers. Research on all age groups, and on both clinical and normal populations, is considered.