We propose a new version of the “theory theory” grounded in the computational framework
of probabilistic causal models and Bayesian learning. Probabilistic models allow a …

Over the past several years, the concept of automaticity of higher cognitive processes has
permeated nearly all domains of psychological research. In this review, we highlight insights …

It has been difficult to determine how cognitive systems change over the grand time scale of
an entire life, as few cognitive systems are well enough understood; observable in infants …

Reasoning about the evolution of our species' capacity for cumulative cultural learning has
led culture–gene coevolutionary (CGC) theorists to predict that humans should possess …

From a noted developmental psychologist and anthropologist at Oxford University, this
fascinating theory about the value of religious faith finds that we are all predisposed to …

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of the burgeoning literature on
theory of mind (TOM) after the preschool years and the first to integrate this literature with …

Theory of mind, the cognitive capacity to infer others' mental states, is crucial for the
development of social communication. The impairment of theory of mind may relate to …

The association of enumeration and number comparison capacities with arithmetical
competence was examined in a large sample of children from 2nd to 9th grades. It was …

Natural selection is one of the core mechanisms of evolution, a unifying principle in biology,
and the process responsible for the functional adaptation of biological organisms. Despite its …

Background Humans and non-human animals share an approximate non-verbal system for
representing and comparing numerosities that has no upper limit and for which accuracy is …