Previous studies on the development of executive functions (EFs) in middle childhood have
traditionally focused on cognitive, or “cool,” EFs: working memory, inhibitory control and …

Egocentrism is a hallmark of human mentalizing endeavours. People frequently use their
own minds as a point of departure when generating inferences about the minds of others …

Professeurs, parents, éducateurs, psychologues, vous trouverez dans ce livre les grands
jalons et repères de l'histoire de l'éducation et de la psychologie de l'enfant. Vous y …

Background Self/other distinction (SOD), which refers to the ability to distinguish one's own
body, actions, and mental representations from those of others, is an essential skill for …

Perspective taking (PT) is a cognitive ability that enables people to imagine how an object or
a scene appears from a perspective different from their current physical viewpoint. This is a …

Executive functions and social cognition competences are associated with many important
areas of life, such as school readiness, academic success or sociability. Numerous …

Solving arithmetic word problems such as “Mary has 25 marbles. She has 5 more marbles
than John. How many marbles does John have?”, in which the relational term (more than) …

Background: In motor imitation, taking a partner's perspective often involves a mental body
transformation from an embodied, ego-centered viewpoint to a disembodied, hetero …

For children, adolescents and educated adults, comparing fractions with common
numerators (eg, 4/5 vs. 4/9) is more challenging than comparing fractions with common …

Adapting a numerical comparison task to a negative priming paradigm, we aimed to provide
new evidence that inhibitory control processes are involved in numerical comparison. We …