It seems the mind has evolved into such a powerful form that we are able to go beyond
knowing the world and move towards knowing the mind itself. Being able to comprehend the …

Various arguments are reviewed about the claim that language development is critically
connected to the development of theory of mind. The different theories of how language …

How and when children acquire the ability to think about and take account of others' mental
states, as well as their own, is a topic of much current interest to developmental …

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 …

A theory of mind remains one of the quintessential abilities that makes us human (Whiten,
1993). By theory of mind we mean being able to infer the full range of mental states (beliefs …

Human beings are essentially social creatures. In what does this social ability lie? In the
ability to love, to feel sympathy, to make friendships? Or, is it in the ability to cheat, deceive …

Abstract Theory of Mind is that part of contemporary developmental psychology that
concerns the child's growing understanding of other people as thinking beings—individuals …

Children's theory of mind underlies their ability to explain and predict human behavior by
taking into account a person's thoughts and feelings. It develops in the first 5 years of life …

The issues discussed in this chapter center on the relations between children's talk and
conversations and the development of their mind-reading abilities. Two particular interests …

This chapter provides a developmental view of the relation between theory of mind (ToM)
and language in early childhood and—briefly—before this period during infancy and after it …