A major feature of human intelligence is that it allows us to contemplate mental life. Such an
understanding is vital in enabling us to function effectively in social groups. This book …

This editorial presents an overview of the articles which were featured in the issue of Journal
of Experimental Child Psychology. The articles in this special issue mark the start of an …

When children understand what about the mind is a topic of classic as well as contemporary
interest. Discussions about this topic, however, encompass several diverging positions. On …

Other recent writings on children's so-called" theories of mind" were already growing thick
on the ground, and it was assumed that the readership of this journal would welcome some …

Previous investigators have examined children's knowledge about particular cognitive
performances such as metamemory, or particular mental acts, such as dreams. The present …

The question of how people come to understand their own and other minds has a long
history in philosophy and psychology. It is a vigorous contemporary question as well …

Children's understanding of mind. Children's understanding of mind. Citation Leekam, S. (1993).
Children's understanding of mind. In M. Bennett (Ed.), The development of social cognition …

How do children (and indeed adults) understand the mind? In this paper we contrast two
accounts. One is the view that the child's early understanding of mind is an implicit theory …

How do human infants come to understand that other people have psychological, not just
physical, existence? When do they discover that one mind can be interfaced with another …

There is a new focus of interest in developmental psychology on a child's knowledge of the
mental states of other people, knowledge that has come to be referred to as the child's …