Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Miguel Ángel Carbonero Martín1, María Consuelo Sáiz Manzanares2 and José María Román Sánchez1
1 Universidad de Valladolid and
2 Universidad de Burgos
Background: Recent researches in Theory of Mind (ToM) relate its development to the development of the metacognitive skills "planning," "regulation," and acquisition of "predictive and causal reasoning." These studies reveal the importance of metacognitive training in the development of mentalist skills. Method: In the present work, the effects of training were compared in 20 children, aged between 4 and 5 years. Results: Significant within-group differences in the skills of belief attribution and memory attribution were found and a tendency towards significance in the skills of behavior prediction. Significant between-group differences were found in belief attribution, prediction, and memory. Conclusions: Mentalist skills training improve attribution, prediction and memory skills in ToM tasks.
Efecto de un programa de entrenamiento metacognitivo en habilidades mentalistas. Antecedentes:: recientes investigaciones en Teoría de la Mente (ToM) relacionan su desarrollo con el desarrollo de habilidades metacognitivas de "planificación", de "regulación", así como con la adquisición del "razonamiento predictivo y causal". Dichos estudios señalan la importancia que tiene el entrenamiento metacognitivo en el desarrollo de habilidades mentalistas. Método: en el presente trabajo participaron 20 niños de 4 y 5 años con objeto de comparar los efectos del entrenamiento. Resultados: se han encontrado diferencias significativas "intragrupo" en habilidades de atribución de creencia, de memoria y tendencia a la significación en habilidades de predicción del comportamiento. Asimismo se han hallado diferencias significativas "intergrupo" en atribución de creencia, predicción y memoria. Conclusiones: el entrenamiento en habilidades mentalistas parece incrementar las habilidades de atribución, predicción y memoria en tareas de Teoría de la Mente.
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https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2011.192