% pubman genre = article @article{item_3637443, title = {{Measuring variation in gaze following across communities, ages, and individuals: A showcase of TANGO-CC (Task for Assessing iNdividual differences in Gaze understanding-Open-Cross-Cultural)}}, author = {Prein, Julia Christin and Bednarski, Florian M. and Dzabatou, Ardain and Frank, Michael C. and Henderson, Annette M. E. and Kalbitz, Josefine and Kanngiesser, Patricia and Ke{\c{s}}{\c{s}}afo{\u{g}}lu, Dilara and K{\"o}ymen, Bahar and Manrique-Hernandez, Maira V. and Magazi, Shirley and M{\'u}jica-Manrique, Lizbeth and Ohlendorf, Julia and Olaoba, Damilola and Pieters, Wesley R. and Pope-Caldwell, Sarah Michelle and Sen, Umay and Slocombe, Katie and Sparks, Robert Z. and Stengelin, Roman and Sunderarajan, Jahnavi and Sutherland, Kirsten and Tusiime, Florence and Viera, Wilson and Zhang, Zhen and Zong, Yufei and Haun, Daniel B. M. and Bohn, Manuel}, language = {eng}, issn = {2515-2459; 2515-2467}, doi = {10.1177/25152459241308170}, year = {2025}, date = {2025}, abstract = {{Cross-cultural studies are crucial for investigating the cultural variability and universality of cognitive developmental processes. However, cross-cultural assessment tools in cognition across languages and communities are limited. In this article, we describe a gaze-following task designed to measure basic social cognition across individuals, ages, and communities (the Task for Assessing iNdividual differences in Gaze understanding-Open-Cross-Cultural; TANGO-CC). The task was developed and psychometrically assessed in one cultural setting and, with input of local collaborators, adapted for cross-cultural data collection. Minimal language demands and the web-app implementation allow fast and easy contextual adaptations to each community. TANGO-CC captures individual- and community-level variation and shows good internal consistency in a data set of 2.5- to 11-year-old children from 17 diverse communities. Within-communities variation outweighed between-communities variation. We provide an open-source website for researchers to customize and use the task (https://ccp-odc.eva.mpg.de/tango-cc). TANGO-CC can be used to assess basic social cognition in diverse communities and provides a roadmap for researching community-level and individual-level differences across cultures.}}, journal = {{Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science}}, volume = {8}, number = {1}, }