Executive function (EF) encompasses higher-order mental processes necessary for the
conscious control of thought and action in the service of goals. Once thought not to apply to …

Developing Thinking and Understanding in Young Children presents a comprehensive and
accessible overview of contemporary theory and research about young children's …

This study examined the link between theory of mind (ToM) in middle childhood and
teachers' propensity for mental‐state language and self‐reported conversational‐instruction …

2010). König (2006, 5) betrachtet diese hochwertigen kognitiven Pädagogin-Kind-
Interaktionen im Kontext formell gestalteter Bildungsangebote als „Schlüsselvariable “ …

Parental mentalizing, which is the capacity to understand behavior in terms of mental states
and to reflect this back to a child through speech, is a key construct in child development …

Research Findings: This study examined 34 Head Start teachers' use of four categories of
mental state talk (verbalizations of mental processes using emotion terms, cognition terms …

This study examined teacher-child emotion talk in a sample of preschool children rated by
their teachers as displaying elevated externalizing behaviors (N= 470). Emotion talk was …

The significance of mind-mindedness, or the tendency of adults to ascribe mental states and
processes when describing and interpreting children's behavior, is well established in home …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: Mental state verbs (MSV), a component of literate and
academic language, may facilitate vocabulary growth, as they relate to metacognitive and …

Caregivers' mentalization has gained importance in recent years, but most studies only
include parental figures. Given empirical evidence showing the importance of educators in …