Presentamos una investigación sobre las relaciones entre las capacidades mentalistas, la memoria y la sugestionabilidad en preescolares. Noventa y nueve preescolares (de 39 a 87 meses) participaron en dos sesiones experimentales en las que una entrevistadora evaluó, primero, sus capacidades mentalistas y sugestionabilidad a través de dos escalas y, una semana después, otra entrevistadora realizó pruebas de recuerdo libre y reconocimiento así como preguntas sugestivas sobre acciones desarrolladas en la primera sesión. Los preescolares con un nivel inferior de teoría de la mente aceptaron más sugestiones, recordaron peor y puntuaron más alto en la escala de Sugestionabilidad. En contextos aplicados, esto significa que los preescolares con menor capacidad mentalista también recordarán peor, serán objeto de más sugestiones y las aceptarán en mayor grado.
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