Table 1. Descriptive measures of all included variables.
| Preschool children | School-aged children | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFT encoding | Standard encoding | EFT encoding | Standard encoding | |
| N = 21 | N = 20 | N = 20 | N = 19 | |
| M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | |
| Age | 67.05 (3.35) | 65.60 (3.12) | 88.45 (3.47) | 88.26 (2.79) |
| Gender | 13 F, 8 M | 11 F, 9 M | 10 F, 10 M | 7 F, 12 M |
| Verbal abilities | 11.86 (2.48) | 11.65 (1.87) | 11.60 (1.60) | 10.89 (1.91) |
| PM hits | 0.50 (0.38) | 0.33 (0.41) | 0.79 (0.30) | 0.41 (0.37) |
| Baseline ongoing task hits | 0.93 (0.09) | 0.93 (0.10) | 0.99 (0.05) | 0.96 (0.07) |
| Ongoing task hits in the PM task block | 0.68 (0.05) | 0.67 (0.06) | 0.80 (0.03) | 0.78 (0.07) |
| First-order ToM hits | 0.54 (0.34) | 0.60 (0.27) | 0.88 (0.21) | 0.72 (0.30) |
| Second-order ToM hits | 0.21 (0.30) | 0.14 (0.17) | 0.54 (0.42) | 0.40 (0.38) |
| Overall ToM performance | 0.38 (0.29) | 0.37 (0.15) | 0.71 (0.25) | 0.56 (0.25) |
| First-order ToM control question hits | 0.95 (0.09) | 0.97 (0.07) | 0.98 (0.05) | 0.94 (0.11) |
| Second-order ToM control question hits | 0.71 (0.21) | 0.66 (0.16) | 0.92 (0.11) | 0.88 (0.16) |
Note. F = female, M = male. Age is displayed in months. PM, baseline ongoing task and ongoing task hits as well as all ToM measures are displayed as proportions of correct responses.