Self-projection in early childhood: a study on the congruence between Episodic memory, Episodic future thinking, Theory of mind and Visual perspective taking

Children’s understanding of mental states and their temporal and spatial perspective-taking abilities change substantially during early childhood. It has been proposed that these abilities converge on common mechanisms based on self-projection. Also, remembering and prospection are thought to jointl...

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Autores: Tomás-Llerena, Clementina, Vásquez-Echeverría, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31626
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/31626
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Episodic memory
Episodic future thinking
Theory of mind
Visual perspective
Self-projection
Memoria episódica
Pensamiento episódico futuro
Toma de perspectiva visual
Autoproyección
Memória episódica
Pensamento futuro episódico
Teoria da mente
Perspectiva visual
Autoprojeção
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Sumario:Children’s understanding of mental states and their temporal and spatial perspective-taking abilities change substantially during early childhood. It has been proposed that these abilities converge on common mechanisms based on self-projection. Also, remembering and prospection are thought to jointly support human capacity for mental time travel. This study explores the behavioral congruence of perspective-taking abilities by assessing episodic memory, episodic future thinking, theory of mind, and visual perspective-taking in 85 children aged four to six in Uruguay. We found no overall associations, except for theory of mind (false beliefs) and episodic future thinking. Results are discussed in the light of conceptual implications of the tasks, while we argue that enhancing equivalence in task design is essential for advancing future research.