Analysing language characteristics and understanding their dynamics is the key for a
successful intervention by speech and language therapists (SLT). Thus, this review aims to …

Nonliteral language understanding has always been recognized as problematic in autistic
individuals. We ran a study on 26 autistic children (mean age= 7.3 years) and 2 comparison …

The current study investigates narrative retelling and comprehension among 30 native
Arabic-speaking preschool children with a mean age of 5: 10. Narrative features of text …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 58 (9) of
Developmental Psychology (see record 2022-93094-001). In the article (https://doi …

False belief (FB) reasoning emerges around 4− 5 years of age in typical development (TD),
but has an extended developmental course in children with autism spectrum conditions …

Training on complements in English, German, and Mandarin has been reported to trigger
improvements on both complements and Theory of Mind (ToM), with typically developing …

This study tests the role of verbal mediation during theory of mind processing in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). Adolescents with ASD or typical development completed a false …

The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed our lives in many ways. As schools and universities
have been forced to shut down, teaching and learning is now taking place in a virtual …

Mind understanding allows for the adaptation of expressive language to a listener and is a
core element when communicating new information to a communication partner. There is …

The chapter reviews four opinions about the relationship between language and theory of
mind, focusing mostly on preschool child development. The conduit view assumes language …