Russell P A, Hosie J A, Gray C D, Scott C, Hunter N, Banks J S, Macaulay M C
Department of Psychology, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1998 Sep;39(6):903-10.
Deaf children aged 4 to 16 years were given a false-belief test of theory of mind. Although the children experienced difficulty with the test, relative to hearing children, confirming a report by Peterson and Siegal (1995), performance was age-related, with a significantly higher proportion of 13- to 16-year-olds passing the test. It was concluded that deaf children raised in a spoken language environment show a developmental delay in theory of mind acquisition. This delay is consistent with the assumption that their early opportunities for learning about mental states are relatively restricted and that the normal development of theory of mind is dependent upon such opportunities.
对4至16岁的失聪儿童进行了心理理论的错误信念测试。尽管这些儿童在测试中遇到了困难，但与听力正常的儿童相比，证实了彼得森和西格尔（1995年）的一份报告，测试表现与年龄相关，13至16岁的儿童通过测试的比例显著更高。研究得出结论，在口语环境中成长的失聪儿童在心理理论习得方面存在发育延迟。这种延迟与以下假设一致，即他们早期了解心理状态的机会相对有限，并且心理理论的正常发展依赖于这些机会。
