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Presentation 2017-01-27 15:10
The relation between theory-of-mind and individualism vs. collectivism and empathy -- An examination of Japanese and Australian adults' performance --
Kaoru Toyama (Ryukoku Univ.), Kana Imuta, Virginia Slaughter (UQ), Michiteru Kitazaki (TUT), Shoji Itakura (Kyoto Univ.) HCS2016-69
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) It has been pointed out that there are cultural differences in the theory of the mind. It is known that children from the Australian culture pass standard false-belief tasks at the earliest point in development, whereas children from Japan pass the tasks the latest. For this explanation of cultural differences, “collectivism vs. individualism” is used, but there is no empirically validated study. Moreover there is empathy as a concept similar to theory-of-mind, however, The relationship between theory-of-mind and empathy has not been clarified. This study, therefore, we investigated the relationship theory-of-mind and “collectivism vs. individualism” and empathy. As a result, there was only a weak positive correlation between theory-of-mind and collectivism in Japanese.
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(in English) theory-of-mind / cultural difference / adults / individualism vs. collectivism / empathy / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 116, no. 436, HCS2016-69, pp. 59-63, Jan. 2017.
Paper # HCS2016-69 
Date of Issue 2017-01-20 (HCS) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee HCS  
Conference Date 2017-01-27 - 2017-01-28 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Namiki Square 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Psychology and Life-stage of Communication, etc. 
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Conference Code 2017-01-HCS 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) The relation between theory-of-mind and individualism vs. collectivism and empathy 
Sub Title (in English) An examination of Japanese and Australian adults' performance 
Keyword(1) theory-of-mind  
Keyword(2) cultural difference  
Keyword(3) adults  
Keyword(4) individualism vs. collectivism  
Keyword(5) empathy  
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1st Author's Name Kaoru Toyama  
1st Author's Affiliation Ryukoku University (Ryukoku Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Kana Imuta  
2nd Author's Affiliation The University of Queensland (UQ)
3rd Author's Name Virginia Slaughter  
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Queensland (UQ)
4th Author's Name Michiteru Kitazaki  
4th Author's Affiliation Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT)
5th Author's Name Shoji Itakura  
5th Author's Affiliation Kyoto University (Kyoto Univ.)
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Date Time 2017-01-27 15:10:00 
Presentation Time 20 minutes 
Registration for HCS 
Paper # HCS2016-69 
Volume (vol) vol.116 
Number (no) no.436 
Page pp.59-63 
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Date of Issue 2017-01-20 (HCS) 


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