False Belief

Fears of radiation exposure has caused a run on salt products all across the region, including in China, where shoppers are buying sodium-rich soy sauce in the false-belief that it could protect them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In a previous study using this version of the false-belief task with U.S. children4, God and human concepts diverged at about the same age that they began attributing false beliefs to humans. ❋ Chris (2005)

In developmental research, the prototypical false-belief task involves a puppet show, in which children view a doll2 named Sally place an interesting object e.g., a toy into a a basket, and then leave the stage. ❋ Chris (2005)

To test these different possibilities, Knight et al. used a variant of the false-belief task, which they call the "surprising contents" task. ❋ Chris (2005)

Most of it uses the false-belief paradigm that is also used to test for the presence and extent of theory of mind in both children and non-human primates. ❋ Chris (2005)

Koyama K (2006) The development of false-belief understanding in Japanese children: ❋ Michael Siegal Et Al. (2010)

Children who understand the role of perception in belief formation will attribute a false-belief to the doll; they will say the doll thinks this is a picture of a chimney, or a hockey stick, or some other imagined thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)