ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2025
Pragmatic comprehension and inferential ability: interplay with executive functions and Theory of Mind.
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- Does cultural context matter? Comparison of Finnish and Italian children's social-pragmatic comprehension.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Pragmatic comprehension and inferential ability: interplay with executive functions and Theory of Mind.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- At the heart of human communication: new views on the complex relationship between pragmatics and Theory of Mind.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Certain aspects of human cognition, such as pragmatic ability, Theory of Mind and executive functions, develop during childhood. This is the first study to apply comprehensive empirical analysis to investigate the relationship between these variables and the role of inferential ability in the communicative-pragmatic performance of pre-school and school-age children. The sample was composed of 104 children aged 3-8 years. Pragmatic tasks addressed the comprehension of sincere, deceitful and ironic communicative acts. Inferential ability was assessed using scalar implicatures: the quantifiers
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