Apperly, Ian
(2017).
The cognitive and neural dynamics of theory of mind in adults and older children.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850910
Data description (abstract)
Theory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to think about what others see, know, think, want and intend, and is thought to be a fundamental basis of social interaction and communication. ToM has been widely studied in young children and infants, and more recently its cognitive and neural basis has begun to be studied in adults.
The project will use recently-developed behavioural methods that allow older children's and adults' simple ToM judgements to be assessed with the very same tasks, and will simultaneously measure brain activity, via recordings of electrical potential on the scalp.
Experiment 1 will test whether adults automatically calculate the character's visual perspective, even when they do not need to.
Experiment 2 will also test adults, to investigate whether the effort required for selecting self or other perspectives is exerted while participants are thinking of the correct response or after they have already begun responding.
Experiment 3 will test children aged 8 to 10 years on a suitably adapted task. This study will examine how know changes in brain structure in this age range are related to poorly-understood changes in perspective-taking beyond the age of 6 or 7 years.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Apperly Ian |
University of Birmingham |
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| Contributors: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| McCleery Joseph |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
RES-000-22-4643
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| Topic classification: |
Psychology
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| Date published: |
21 May 2013 13:10
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| Last modified: |
12 Jul 2017 14:13
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 5 March 2012 | 4 March 2013 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Data collection method: |
We conducted four experiments using unstandardised, specially designed methods and procedures. This is typical for experimental work of this nature, and it was stated in the grant application that the data collected were unlikely to be of use to researchers beyond the project itself. Each experiment had15-30 participants, sampled at random from our undergraduate population, or recruited from our database of child participants. Participants completed a large number of experimental trials in multiple experimental conditions, yielding error rates, response times, and data from recordings of scalp electrical activity. Such EEG recording generates very large data sets, which across the four studies sum to approximately 285GB. |
| Observation unit: |
Individual |
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Numeric |
| Type of data: |
Experimental data
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| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
Data were collected with informed consent, which gave permission for secure storage at University of Birmingham for up to 10 years. In line with the ethical protocols approved at the time by the University of Birmingham, permission was not sought for public archiving of the data.
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| Rights owners: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Apperly Ian |
University of Birmingham |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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| Apperly, Ian | i.a.apperly@bham.ac.uk | University of Birmingham | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection only consists of metadata and documentation as the data could not be archived due to legal, ethical or commercial constraints. For further information, please contact the contact person for this data collection.
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| Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Last modified: |
12 Jul 2017 14:13
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