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The developmental basis of mental representations and their social role: micro and macro perspectives

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K03274
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
Research InstitutionOsaka Shoin Women's University

Principal Investigator

Tsuji Hiromi  大阪樟蔭女子大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (80411453)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords心の理論 / 実行機能 / コミュニケーション / 注意コントロール / アイトラッキング / 他者理解 / 社会性 / 注意 / 文化 / 分配行動 / 誤信念課題 / 内集団バイアス / 対人コミュニケーション / 公平性
Outline of Research at the Start

他者理解の代表的な側面となる「心の理論」の発達は,脳のどのような働きによって支えられているのかをミクロの視点から検討するために,注意コントロールの役割に着目した。課題遂行中の視線情報の解析を行い,定量・定性の両面から,注意コントロールが実行機能や「心の理論」獲得にもたらす影響を明らかにする。「心の理論」獲得が社会生活での対人コミュニケーションや公平な態度にどのように繋がっていくかを検討することで,「心の理論」獲得に向けた教育的援助の重要性に目を向けられると考えた。新しい方法論を用いた文化間比較の検証をとおして社会文化における「心の理論」の発達の多様性と役割の解釈にマクロ的視点から接近する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study captured the development of executive function, which underlies Theory of Mind, longitudinally. To capture the early development of executive function, a new measure of attentional control was developed using eye tracking. This new measure predicted a later theory of mind, mediated by executive function ability, one year later.To examine the social implementation of the theory of mind ability, the development of mindful conversation skills was assessed by kindergarten teachers. The development of mindful conversation skills was predicted by executive functioning in the first year of kindergarten.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

注意コントロールする能力が,これまでの実行機能の発達と関連することが,明らかとなり,より年少の子どもの実行機能の発達を検討する可能性が得られた。
実行機能の発達は,これまでも心の理論の発達を予測することが報告されていたが,心の理論をいかに社会で活用するかという視点での会話スキルにも関連していることが明らかとなり,社会性を高めるための実行機能の役割とその重要性にスポットライトを当てることができた。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Open Access: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (19 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Invited: 1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Nottingham/University of Bradford(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Nottingham(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Early Attentional Control is Associated with Later Executive Function Skills : A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship Between Eye-Tracking Measurements and Behavioural Responses2023

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      大阪樟蔭女子大学研究紀要

      Volume: 13 Pages: 47-54

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Three Year Old Children’s Executive Functions and Social Behaviours: Differences in Teachers’ and Parents’ Ratings of Child Behaviours2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      Research Bulletin of Osaka Shoin Women's University

      Volume: 11 Pages: 55-60

    • NAID

      120006954138

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Measuring Mindful Conversational Skills for Japanese Preschool Children2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      Research Bulletin of Osaka Shoin Women's University

      Volume: 11 Pages: 61-66

    • NAID

      120006954137

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Perspective-shifting discourse training to improve young Japanese children’s understanding of theory of mind2020

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      Infant and Child Development

      Volume: - Issue: 4

    • DOI

      10.1002/icd.2178

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Where do perceivers look during the implicit false belief task? : an exploratory analyses of silent videos that include a false belief event2020

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      Research Bulletin of Osaka Shoin Women's University

      Volume: 10 Pages: 113-118

    • NAID

      120006561007

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 3歳児の実行機能と言語の特徴をとらえる ~ 課題遂行と親の報告の関係から ~2020

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: 119 Pages: 173-178

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Which executive functions are the best predictors of mindful conversational skills throughout preschool?2023

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      The 8th Lancaster Conference on Infant and Early Child Development(国際学会)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] s executive attention a precursor to children's cognitive controls and mind-reading ?2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      The 7th Lancaster Conference on Infant and Early Child Development
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What predicts children's mindful conversational skills? : Executive functions and language measured by multiple methods2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 注意制御と実行機能発達の関係性の検討2022

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第86回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 幼児期の注意コントロール測定指標の発達変化- アイトラッキングを活用したFlanker課題を用いた検討-2022

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第34会大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 分配における他者への配慮の発達: 幼児期の横断データと縦断データの視点からの検討2022

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美
    • Organizer
      発達心理学会33回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] What predicts children's mindful conversational skills? : Executive functions and language measured by multiple methods2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      PECERA2022
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Is executive attention a precursor to children's cognitive controls and mind-reading ?2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      The 7th Lancaster Conference on Infant and Early Child Development
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Theory of Mind Inventry-2 邦訳版の作成:項目反応理論からみた指標の検証2021

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会85回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] How well do parents understand their children’s theory of mind? A Japanese adaptation of Theory of Mind Inventory-22021

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 注意コントロールの制御過程を測定する2021

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会32回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Egalitarianism in preschool children: does cognitive processing explain prosocial behaviours?2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      International Congress of Psychology 2020+
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tests for false beliefs: what do they measures and how do they relate to cognition and language?2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      International Congress of Psychology 2020+
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 内集団と外集団に所属する他者の内面の推論は異なるのか?発達的観点からの検討2020

    • Author(s)
      辻 弘美,Peter Mitchell
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会84回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Workshop on methodologies2020

    • Author(s)
      Peter Mitchell, Hiromi Tsuji, Elizabeth Sheppard
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第31会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] How pre-schoolers’ executive functions and conversation skills prepare them for the world of school ?2020

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第31会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Does language interfere with mentalising? : The role of language processing during the false-belief task2019

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Methods in social cognition in developmental studies2019

    • Author(s)
      Peter Mitchell, Hiromi Tsuji, Elizabeth Sheppard
    • Organizer
      Official pre-conference Workshop of CogDev 2019 conference in Stoke on Trent
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A longitudinal study of the development of theory-of-mind and executive functions: contributions to conversational competence2019

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Tsuji
    • Organizer
      British Psychological Society Cognitive and Developmental section conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Funded Workshop] Methods in social cognition in developmental studies2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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