Left unexamined was whether the pandemic impacted the social cognition of preschool children—kids younger than 6—whose social norms were upended by day care closures and families sheltered at home.

“It was remarkable to see the drop in kids’ performance,” said developmental psychology Professor Rose Scott , the lead author of the study published in Scientific Reports . “On one of the tasks in my lab, children tested before the pandemic could pass at 2 and a half years old. Right after the lockdowns, we were seeing 5-year-olds not passing it.”

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