Abstract Theory of mind is the human conceptual capacity to understand other people as
agents who have subjective mental states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions. It is the …

Theory of mind (TOM), the ability to infer mental states to self and others, has been a
pervasive research theme across many disciplines including developmental, educational …

Abstract Theory of mind—or the understanding that others have mental states that can differ
from one's own and reality—is currently measured across the lifespan by a wide array of …

Abstract The commentary by Baillargeon, Buttelmann and Southgate raises a number of
crucial issues concerning the replicability and validity of measures of false belief in infancy …

Recently, theory-of-mind research has been revolutionized by findings from novel implicit
tasks suggesting that at least some aspects of false-belief reasoning develop earlier in …

Research on the capacity to understand others' minds has tended to focus on
representations of beliefs, which are widely taken to be among the most central and basic …

There are now over 30 published reports, spanning 11 different methods, providing
convergent evidence for false-belief understanding in children ages 6–36 months (for a …

Understanding the origins of human social cognition is a central challenge in contemporary
science. In recent decades, the idea of a 'Theory of Mind'(ToM) has emerged as the most …

A current debate in psychology and cognitive science concerns the nature of young
children's ability to attribute and track others' beliefs. Beliefs can be attributed in at least two …

The most dominant theory of human social cognition, the theory of mind hypothesis,
emphasizes our ability to infer the mental states of others. After having represented the …