Table 3 Performance on mSAT measures among 8 age groups (mean; SD)

Proposition

6.60

(1.19)

7.00

(.97)

8.14

(1.31)

8.89

(.94)

9.50

(1.15)

9.65

(1.53)

10.11

(1.70)

10.67

(1.35)

Pertinence

.06

(.11)

.02

(.05)

.06

(.09)

.04

(.08)

.04

(.09)

.03

(.05)

.00

(.00)

.00

(.00)

Salience

.42

(.10)

.46

(.07)

.51

(.11)

.57

(.08)

.61

(.09)

.63

(.10)

.67

(.11)

.71

(.09)

ToM Cognitive

.16

(.08)

.23

(.13)

.27

(.11)

(.11)

.29

(.11)

.28

(.11)

.35

(.13)

.41

(.07)

ToM Affective

.06

(.08)

.07

(.09)

.17

(.08)

.17

(.09)

.18

(.08)

.21

(.11)

.21

(.10)

.23

(.08)

Animation

1.60

(.50)

1.95

(.76)

2.90

(.54)

3.00

(.47)

3.30

(.57)

3.25

(.79)

3.32

(.82)

3.53

(.92)

Person

.65

(.81)

1.60

(.88)

2.76

(.77)

2.95

(.78)

3.15

(.59)

3.30

(.80)

3.63

(.50)

3.93

(.59)

Problem-solving

.34

(.12)

.62

(.15)

.80

(.17)

.78

(.19)

.86

(.19)

.84

(.19)

.89

(.15)

.88

(.16)