执行功能和心理理论关系的发展研究

自1996年 Russell首次提出关于执行功能和心理理论关系的理论以来,二者关系的发展研究已成为近年来发展心理学研究的一个热点。一种观点认为,执行功能的发展是心理理论的基础;另一种观点认为,心理理论中的元表征能力的发展是执行功能的前提;更多的观点认为,心理理论和执行功能的发展均依赖于某种共同的认知基础。但由于已有的研究很少涉及到对这两种能力早期形成的婴儿期的研究,故还难以准确界定二者之间复杂的相互关系。

The Relationship Between Executive Function and Theory of Mind

Since Russell (1996) proposed a conceptual link between executive function and theory of mind, more and more researches focused on this relation in the field of developmental psychology. There are two extreme viewpoints. One viewpoint is that the development of executive function underlied the theory of mind, and the other is that the ability of meta-representation is the precondition of executive function. However, more researchers argued the development of theory of mind and executive function both depend on some common cognitive elements. Few Existing researches explored these abilities and their relation for infants, therefore, whereas there is a relation is clear, how specific the relation is remains less clear.