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    "pk": 25540,
    "title": "Analogical comparison aids false belief understanding in preschoolers",
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    "abstract": "Analogical comparison has been found to promote learning\nacross many conceptual domains. Here, we ask whether this\nmechanism can facilitate children’s understanding of others’\nmental states. In Experiment 1, children carried out\ncomparisons between characters’ thoughts and reality and\nbetween characters with true beliefs vs. those with false\nbeliefs. Children given this training improved from pre- to\npost-test. In Experiment 2, we used a more minimal\ncomparison technique. Children saw a series of three stories\ninvolving true or false beliefs. There were two betweensubjects\nconditions that either facilitated (High Alignability)\nor impeded (Low Alignability) comparison across stories. We\nfound that children made more gains from pre- to post-test in\nthe High Alignability condition than in the Low Alignability\ncondition. We also found effects of production of mental state\nverbs, as assessed in an Elicitation Task. These results\nprovide evidence for the role of analogical comparison in\ntheory of mind development.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "analogy; comparison; theory of mind; false\nbelief; cognitive development; social cognition"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Christine",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Hoyos",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "William",
            "middle_name": "S",
            "last_name": "Horton",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Dedre",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Gentner",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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