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2.记者署名:
由普利茅斯大学发表
by University of Plymouth
3.完整新闻标题:
Animal characters can boost young children's psychological development, study
suggests
研究指出兽控倾向有助开发幼儿心智潜能
4.完整新闻内文:
Animal characters can boost young children's psychological development, study
suggests
by University of Plymouth
Children's books are full of animal characters whose antics capture the
hearts and inspire the imaginations of their young readers.
However, a new study has shown that iconic characters such as Peter Rabbit—
or Toad and Ratty from The Wind in the Willows—can also play an important
role in children's psychological development.
研究指出兽控倾向有助开发幼儿心智潜能
普利茅斯 大学
儿童读物充满了动物角色，它们的滑稽动作掳获了小读者的心，激发了他们的想像。
然而，一项新的研究表明，像《彼得兔》或《柳林风声》中的蟾蜍和老鼠这样的标志性人
物也可以在儿童的心理发展中发挥重要作用。
The research explored the extent to which different non-human characters
influence children's theory of mind skills, which include the ability to read
and predict social changes in the environment through tone of voice, choice
of words, or facial expression.
For the study, more than 100 children aged between 5 and 10 were tested on
their theory of mind skills when presented with stories featuring animal
characters as opposed to those featuring human ones.
The study found that when faced with human characters, there was a clear
age-related progression, with older children consistently outperforming their
younger counterparts. In fact, Year 3 children performed better than the
researchers had predicted in the tests featuring human characters.
该研究探讨了不同的非人类角色对儿童心理理论技能的影响程度，其中包括透过语气、词
汇选择或脸部表情来解读和预测环境中社会变化的能力。
在这项研究中，100 多名 5 岁到 10 岁的儿童接受了动物角色故事和人类故事的心理理
论技能测验。
研究发现，当面对人类角色时，有明显的年龄相关进展，年龄较大的孩子始终优于年龄较
小的孩子。事实上，三年级的孩子在人类角色测验中的表现比研究人员预测的还要好。
However, in tests that involved animal characters, Year 1 participants were
able to match the scores achieved by pupils from Year 3, two years older than
them.
Writing in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, the researchers say
the findings highlight the importance of both human and non-human characters
for children's earliest development.
The research was led by Dr. Gray Atherton and Dr. Liam Cross, from the
University of Plymouth's School of Psychology.
然而，在涉及动物角色的测验中，一年级的参与者能够与比他们大两岁的三年级学生所取
得的分数相匹配。
研究人员在《实验儿童心理学杂志》上撰文称，这些发现凸显了人类和非人类性格对于儿
童早期发展的重要性。
这项研究由普利茅斯大学心理学院的格雷·阿瑟顿博士和利亚姆·克罗斯博士领导。
Dr. Atherton, lead author on the new study, said, "Animals play a huge part
of children's stories, whether that is in books and comics or through TV and
film. We wanted to test if that is down to more than simply liking the
characters, and whether there are actual benefits of children learning
through watching or reading about animals and if this changes over time.
这项新研究的主要作者阿瑟顿博士说：“无论是在书籍和漫画中，还是在电视和电影中，
动物在儿童故事中扮演着重要角色。我们想测试一下，这是否不仅仅是因为喜欢动物角色
，以及孩子们透过观看或阅读动物来学习是否有实际好处，以及这种情况是否会随着时间
的推移而改变。
"Our findings showed that both human and non-human characters are important
in helping children interpret the world around them, and that they play
differing roles at different stages in their development. Adapting activities
and lessons in nurseries and the early school years to take that into account
could be hugely effective in helping to support their development."
“我们的研究结果表明，人类和非人类角色对于帮助儿童解释周围的世界都很重要，并且
他们在成长的不同阶段扮演着不同的角色。调整托儿所和早期学年的活动和课程以适应这
一点考虑到这一点可以非常有效地帮助支持他们的发展。
The research builds on previous studies by Dr. Atherton and Dr. Cross
exploring factors which can influence the educational and social development
of people with autism and learning difficulties.
These have included initiatives showing that playing board and online games
can boost confidence among people with autism, and others highlighting that
people with dyslexia and dyscalculia show reduced bias against others based
on characteristics such as their disability, race or gender.
Based on the new research, the academics now intend to explore in more detail
if their findings could be used specifically to benefit children with such
conditions.
该研究建立在阿瑟顿博士和克罗斯博士先前的研究基础上，探讨了影响自闭症和学习困难
者的教育和社会发展的因素。
其中包括表明玩棋盘游戏和线上游戏可以增强自闭症患者信心的举措，其他举措则强调患
有阅读障碍和计算障碍的人减少了基于残疾、种族或性别等特征对他人的偏见。
根据这项新研究，学者现在打算更详细地探讨他们的研究结果是否可以专门用于造福患有
此类疾病的儿童。
Dr. Cross added, "We believe this new study could have particular importance
for people with autism or other conditions which can impact their learning.
Working with teenagers in the past, we have noticed how tasks that involve
animal characters can result in autistic people performing just as well as
non-autistic children.
"It would be interesting to replicate our current study with autistic
children, to understand if we can find more effective ways to support them at
a critical point in their development."
克罗斯博士补充说：“我们相信这项新研究对于患有自闭症或其他可能影响他们学习的疾
病的人来说可能特别重要。在过去与青少年的合作中，我们注意到涉及动物角色的任务如
何导致自闭症患者的表现和非自闭症儿童一样。
“将我们目前的研究与自闭症儿童进行重复，以了解我们是否可以找到更有效的方法来在
他们发展的关键时刻为他们提供支持，这将是很有趣的。”
More information: Gray Atherton et al, The wind in the willows effect: Does
age affect human versus animal faux pas recognition?, Journal of Experimental
Child Psychology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106116
Journal information: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
更多资讯： Gray Atherton 等人，《柳林风声效应：年龄会影响人类与动物的失礼识别
吗？DOI：10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106116
期刊资讯： 实验儿童心理学杂志
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