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 …

Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings–but are children?
When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children's …

We all have minds of our own. The fact that we all experience our own thoughts, ideas, and
imaginings, and that other people can know about them only if we choose to tell them, is …

For more than three decades, theory of mind (ToM) has been one of the leading and
prevalent issues in developmental psychology. ToM is the ability to ascribe mental states (eg …

A critical review of the literature on the theory of mind is presented. Consistent with the “early
onset” view, it is suggested that important precursors of a theory of mind are found much …

In the past three decades, psychologists have become increasingly interested in the study of
theory of mind. This ability involves an understanding of different components of the mind …

For the past 2 decades, children's theory of mind has been a lively area of research in
developmental cognitive science, investigating children's ability to interpret human behavior …

Theory of mind, or mindreading, refers to our uniquely human capacity to infer what is in
other people's minds. Recent research suggests that “implicit” elements of this ability can be …

Given increasing evidence of a link between children's understanding of false beliefs and
their social functioning (eg, Lalonde & Chandler, 1995; Peterson & Siegal, 2002; Slaughter …

This article reviews recent evidence for the claim that infants possess a theory of mind. Two
conceptual systems (CS) of psychological reasoning are distinguished: CS1, underlying the …