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Doherty, Martin 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-7892 and Perner, Josef
(2020)
Mental files: Developmental integration of dual naming and theory of mind.
Developmental Review, 56.
ISSN 0273-2297
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Abstract
We use mental files theory to provide an integral theory of children’s diverse dual naming problems and why these problems are overcome when children pass the false belief test. When an object is encountered under different appearances or given different verbal labels, two distinct representations (mental files) may be deployed for that single object. The resulting files refer to the same object but capture different perspectives on the object. Such coreferential files can thus be used to represent people’s differing perspectives (e.g., belief). Typically the existence of different files indicates the existence of two separate objects. To mark that only a single object is involved, coreferential files need to be linked. Development of the ability to link files provides a powerful developmental explanation for success on dual labelling and perspective tasks at the same age, around 4 years: processing identity statements, overcoming mutual exclusivity (accepting different labels for an object), visual perspective taking, and understanding differences of belief. Mental files also provide a new framework for understanding conceptual pacts and their relation to mutual exclusivity in children and adults.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mental files,theory of mind,conceptual pacts,mutual exclusivity,bilingualism,identity |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > UEA Experimental Philosophy Group |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Feb 2020 08:36 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jun 2023 10:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74347 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.dr.2020.100909 |
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