While a major aim of cognitive science is to understand human cognition, our conclusions
are based on unrepresentative samples of the world's population. A new wave of cross …

Mind-mindedness refers to a caregiver's tendency to treat the young child as an individual
with a mind of his or her own. It is assessed in the first year of life by the caregiver's tendency …

Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience: The Learning Brain is a thoroughly
revised edition of the bestselling Cognitive Development. The new edition of this full-colour …

Despite rapidly growing research on parental influences on children's executive function
(EF), the uniqueness and specificity of parental predictors and links between adult EF and …

In this review, we call for a cross-cultural examination of mentalizing. To this end, we first
outline theoretical directions for understanding mentalizing in the context of the universalism …

Cognitive gadgets are distinctively human cognitive mechanisms–such as imitation, mind
reading, and language–that have been shaped by cultural rather than genetic evolution …

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

Various lines of research suggest that parental mind-mindedness can facilitate children's
cognitive and social growth (eg, executive functions and social cognition) in addition to …

Although Asian preschoolers acquire executive functions (EFs) earlier than their Western
counterparts, little is known about whether this advantage persists into later childhood and …

Whereas the effects of maternal parenting quality during infants' 2nd year on later executive
function (EF) have been studied extensively, less is known about the impact of maternal …