@article{Moore2020, author = {Moore, Richard}, title = {The cultural evolution of mind-modelling}, series = {Synthese}, volume = {199}, journal = {Synthese}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1573-0964}, doi = {10.1007/s11229-020-02853-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-25865}, pages = {1751 -- 1776}, year = {2020}, abstract = {I argue that uniquely human forms of 'Theory of Mind' (or 'ToM') are a product of cultural evolution. Specifically, propositional attitude psychology is a linguistically constructed folk model of the human mind, invented by our ancestors for a range of tasks and refined over successive generations of users. The construction of these folk models gave humans new tools for thinking and reasoning about mental states—and so imbued us with abilities not shared by non-linguistic species. I also argue that uniquely human forms of ToM are not required for language development, such that an account of the cultural origins of ToM does not jeopardise the explanation of language development. Finally, I sketch a historical model of the cultural evolution of mental state talk.}, subject = {Kulturelle Evolution}, language = {en} } @article{GrosseStreubel, author = {Große, Gerlind and Streubel, Berit}, title = {Emotion-specific vocabulary and its relation to emotion understanding in children and adolescents}, series = {Cognition and Emotion}, journal = {Cognition and Emotion}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, issn = {0269-9931}, doi = {10.1080/02699931.2024.2346745}, pages = {1 -- 11}, abstract = {Among children and adolescents, emotion understanding relates to academic achievement and higher well-being. This study investigates the role of general and emotion-specific language skills in children's and adolescents' emotion understanding, building on previous research highlighting the significance of domain-specific language skills in conceptual development. We employ a novel inventory (CEVVT) to assess emotion-specific vocabulary. The study involved 10-11-year-old children (N = 29) and 16-17-year-old adolescents (N = 28), examining their emotion recognition and knowledge of emotion regulation strategies. Results highlight the ongoing development of emotion-specific vocabulary across these age groups. Emotion recognition correlated with general vocabulary in the younger group. In the older age group, emotion recognition was related to emotion-specific vocabulary size, but this effect only became apparent when controlling for the depth of emotion-specific vocabulary. Against expectation, there were no significant contributions of general or emotion-specific vocabulary to knowledge of emotion regulation strategies in either age group. These findings enhance our comprehension of the nuanced interplay between language and emotion across developmental stages.}, subject = {Sprachentwicklung}, language = {en} }