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A deficit in theory of mind (ToM) abilities has been described as the core deficit in autism.
The authors performed 3 meta-analyses, comparing ToM abilities of individuals with autism …

In this compelling look at the psychology of hope, CR Snyder provides insights into the
personality of the highly hopeful individual. Drawing on inspiring clinical cases, as well as …

Investigated was whether children would re-enact what an adult actually did or what the
adult intended to do. In Experiment 1 children were shown an adult who tried, but failed, to …

" This book represents an integrative theory of cognitive development in infancy and early
childhood, emphasizing the important role that language plays in taking the 2-to 5-year-old …

What, exactly, do children understand about the mind? And when does that understanding
first emerge? In this groundbreaking book, Karen Bartsch and Henry Wellman answer these …

Individual differences in young children's understanding of others' feelings and in their ability
to explain human action in terms of beliefs, and the earlier correlates of these differences …

This is a book about domain-specific cognition-the proposal that at least some human
conceptual abilities are specialized for some types of contents and not for others. In this …

Executive function (EF) accounts have now been offered for several disorders with
childhood onset (eg, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, early-treated …

The hypothesis is tested that during the preschool period a particular form of reasoning is
applied to theory of mind and a set of problems that do not require the understanding of …