Role of the Embodied Cognition Process in Perspective-Taking Ability During Childhood |
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| Authors: | Masahiro Hirai Yukako Muramatsu Miho Nakamura |
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| Institution: | 1. Jichi Medical University;2. Institute for Developmental Research |
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| Abstract: | This study examined developmental changes in Level-2 visual perspective taking (VPT2) in 90 children aged 4–12 years and tested the role of their ability to mentally simulate changes to their bodily locations (self-motion imagery; SMI). Performance of a mental toy rotation task and a self-motion (SM) task (changing location of children) was superior to that of VPT2 and SMI tasks. Task performance of SMI was better than that of VPT2 before 10;0 (years;months). Furthermore, egocentric responses in VPT2 and SMI tasks were significantly more frequent than those in the mental rotation and SM tasks before 10;3. These findings suggest the involvement of embodied cognitive processes in perspective taking and the advantage of utilizing bodily information by age 10. |
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