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    Underpinning prosociality: Age related performance in theory of mind, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning

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    Authors
    Spenser, Karin
    Bull, Ray
    Betts, Lucy
    Winder, Belinda
    Affiliation
    University of Derby
    Nottingham Trent University
    Issue Date
    2020-09-06
    
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    This paper investigates the idea that Theory of Mind (ToM), empathic understanding and moral reasoning are linked, and together contribute to prosocial behaviour. All three cognitive processes are explored in adolescents (aged 14–17 years), young-adults (aged 18–24 years) and middle-adults (aged 25–55). A statistically significant age-related difference was found on all measures between the adolescent group and the middle-adult group. Except for verbal ToM, all measures detected a statistically significant age-related difference between the adolescent group and the young adult group. However, except for verbal and visual ToM, no statistically significant age-related difference was found between the young-adult and middle-adult groups. A small to medium positive association was found between each of the five measures. These findings suggest that beyond adolescence ToM, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning might be improved which could be useful to researchers and practitioners interested in the later enhancement of prosociality in older individuals.
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    Spenser, K., Bull, R., Betts, L. and Winder, B., (2020). 'Underpinning prosociality: Age related performance in theory of mind, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning'. Cognitive Development, 56, pp. 1-10.
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    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Cognitive Development
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625209
    DOI
    10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100928
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100928
    http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/40672
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    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0885-2014
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100928
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