Is implicit Theory of Mind real but hard to detect? Testing adults with different stimulus materials.

ABSTRACT: Recently, Theory of Mind (ToM) research has been revolutionized by new methods. Eye-tracking studies measuring subjects' looking times or anticipatory looking have suggested that implicit and automatic forms of ToM develop much earlier in ontogeny than traditionally assumed and continue to operate outside of subjects' awareness throughout the lifespan. However, the reliability of these implicit methods has recently been put into question by an increasing number of non-replications. What remains unclear from these accumulating non-replication findings, though, is whether they present true negatives (there is no robust phenomenon of automatic ToM) or false ones (automatic ToM is real but difficult to tap). In order to address these questions, the current study implemented conceptual replicat

SUBMITTER: Kulke L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6689622 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature