There is robust evidence showing a link between executive function (EF) and theory of mind
(ToM) in 3-to 5-year-olds. However, it is unclear whether this relationship extends to middle …

A critical part of early childhood development is the development of" theory of mind"(ToM),
which is the ability to take the perspective of another person. The main purpose of this book …

Special interests have been studied in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) but not
in adults. Using an online survey, it was found that individuals with ASD reported more …

Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien
encounters and addresses a range of texts including classic novels of alien encounter by …

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by persistent deficits in social
behavior and communication, together with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior …

My goal in this paper is to examine the Wittgensteinian attitudinal approach to the problem of
other minds initially proposed by MRM ter Hark (1991) and developed by Hyslop (1995). As …

Recently Elqayam and Evans (2011) have proposed that researchers studying human
thinking should be moving away from normative accounts that specify how we “ought” to …

Abstract Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors (RRBs) are core features of Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASDs). Efforts to understand the purpose of RRBs have raised questions about …

Ziel der Arbeit war es, mögliche Zusammenhänge zwischen der neuropsychologischen
Leistungsfähigkeit, den Theory of Mind-Fähigkeiten und dem psychosozialen …

First of all, I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my main supervisor Despina
Papadopoulou for her kindness, constant help, support and encouragement. I have profited …