The association between executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM) has been hotly
debated for 20 years. Competing accounts focus on: task demands, conceptual overlap, or …

Effortful control (EC) and executive function (EF) are 2 constructs related to children's self‐
regulation that have historically been the subject of research in separate fields, with EC …

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 …

It has been strongly argued that atypical cognitive processes in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) contribute to the expression of behavioural symptoms. Comprehensive investigation …

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 …

Theories of children's developing understanding of mind tend to emphasize either
individualistic processes of theory formation, maturation, or introspection, or the process of …

The relation between executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM) may involve specific
processes of inhibition and/or working memory capacity contributing to ToM, or it might be a …

Preschoolers' theory-of-mind development follows a similar age trajectory across many
cultures. To determine whether these similarities are related to similar underlying …

Several studies have demonstrated a relation between executive functioning (EF) and
theory of mind (ToM) in preschoolers, yet the developmental course of this relation remains …

This research examined the relative contributions of two aspects of executive function—
inhibitory control and planning ability—to theory of mind in 49 3-and 4-year-olds. Children …