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    "pk": 49664,
    "title": "It takes one to know one: Theory of mind helps children to detect lies that are revealed by semantic leakage",
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    "abstract": "<p>Can children detect a lie when the liar unintentionally reveals essential information (displaying so-called semantic leakage)? Furthermore, because previous research found that theory of mind (ToM) is a factor in children's lie production ability, what role does ToM play in their lie detection ability? An experiment was carried out with 128 Dutch-speaking children (4 - 14 years old). Children's lie detection ability was assessed using a story in which one of the characters produced a lie signalled by semantic leakage. A false-belief task was used to test children's first-order ToM (Kevin thinks that…) and second-order ToM (Marieke thinks that Kevin thinks that…). Children were 73% accurate in identifying the liar by referring to semantic leakage. Their performance improved with age, with 12-year-olds showing ceiling performance. Finaly, first-order ToM was a significant predictor, even after controlling for age, suggesting that lie production and lie detection partly rely on shared cognitive functions.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Linguistics; Psychology; Cognitive development; Semantics of language; Theory of Mind"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mk9243f",
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        {
            "first_name": "Özlem",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Yeter",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Groningen",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Barteld",
            "middle_name": "P.",
            "last_name": "Kooi",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Groningen",
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        },
        {
            "first_name": "Rineke",
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            "last_name": "Verbrugge",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Groningen",
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        },
        {
            "first_name": "Petra",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Hendriks",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Groningen",
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        }
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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