Research on theory of mind increasingly encompasses apparently contradictory findings. In
particular, in initial studies, older preschoolers consistently passed false‐belief tasks—a so …

Pretend play is a form of playful behavior that involves nonliteral action. Although on the
surface this activity appears to be merely for fun, recent research has discovered that …

Developmental psychologists coined the term" theory of mind" to describe how we
understand our shifting mental states in daily life. Over the past twenty years researchers …

This research examined the relation between individual differences in inhibitory control (IC;
a central component of executive functioning) and theory‐of‐mind (ToM) performance in …

What, exactly, do children understand about the mind? And when does that understanding
first emerge? In this groundbreaking book, Karen Bartsch and Henry Wellman answer these …

Anyone sufficiently motivated to take an undergraduate or graduate course in this area
should find [in this book] a great deal to intrigue the imagination and stimulate further interest …

Pretend play has recently been of great interest to researchers studying children's
understanding of the mind. One reason for this interest is that pretense seems to require …

This book critically reviews research on the problem of how children come to understand the
social world, an area often known as children's" theories of mind." It will be of interest to a …

Abstract Theory of mind is claimed to develop universally among humans across cultures
with vastly different folk psychologies. However, in the attempt to test and confirm a claim of …

This research examines whether children's difficulties with deception and false belief arise
from a lack of inhibitory control rather than from a conceptual deficit. In 3 studies, 3‐year …