Perspective taking and cognitive flexibility in the Dimensional Change Card Sorting (DCCS) task

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• 作者：Daniela Kloo ; Josef Perner ; Markus Aichhorn ; Nicola Schmidhuber
• 关键词：Dimensional Change Card Sorting (DCCS) task ; Perspective taking ; Theory of mind ; Cognitive flexibility ; Attention
• 刊名：Cognitive Development
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：July-September 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：25
• 期：3
• 页码：208-217
• 全文大小：207 K

文摘

In a study with 79 3-year-olds, we confirm earlier findings that separating the sorting dimensions improve children's performance on the Dimensional Change Card Sorting (DCCS) task. We also demonstrate that the central reason for this facilitation is that the two sorting dimensions are not integral features of a single object. Spatial separation of the sorting dimensions has no additional significant influence. This finding highlights the important role of objects with respect to children's attentional flexibility. Implications for current theories on the DCCS task and for the development of perspective taking and cognitive flexibility are discussed.