Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:More specifically, in line with the literature showing that ToM is a complex activity (Bosco et al. 2009a,b) we expected that: (b) Persons with AUD would present an impaired ToM when compared with controls on each specific ToM dimension, namely first- and third-person ToM, egocentric and…
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