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© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Previous methodologies used to investigate future thinking (i.e., one-step "spoon test") do not directly assess temporal reasoning. Consequently, the extent to which foresight is required to solve these tasks has been questioned. In the current study, 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds were presented with a two-step "spoon test": to secure a future need (e.g., play with a marble run game), children first had to obtain a key that allowed them next to access the marbles. By the age of 4 children selected the key; however, it is only by the age of 5 that children reasoned about the temporal sequence of future events and selected the key. Temporal reasoning, memory for the past events and age significantly contributed to predict children's ability to select the correct item. These findings suggest that temporal reasoning is crucial to assess future thinking and that item-choice measures alone might not involve foresight.
Author(s): Martin-Ordas G
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Cognitive Development
Year: 2018
Volume: 45
Pages: 152-161
Print publication date: 01/01/2018
Online publication date: 29/07/2017
Acceptance date: 18/07/2017
ISSN (print): 0885-2014
ISSN (electronic): 1879-226X
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.07.001
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.07.001
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