Changes of Meta-Representational Skills in Ageing: First Empirical Evidence on the Relation between Metalinguistic Competence and Attributions of Mental States

• Egile Nagusiak: Federica Bianco (Egilea), Ilaria Castelli (Egilea), Carmen Belacchi (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. The present paper focuses on meta-representational changes occurring in ageing by studying the decline in Definitional Competence, an ability so far little studied in this period of life. Purpose. The paper hypothesises a relation between Theory of Mind (ToM) and Definitional Competence,...