Research on theory of mind increasingly encompasses apparently contradictory findings. In
particular, in initial studies, older preschoolers consistently passed false‐belief tasks—a so …

A set of basic beliefs about others' minds and behavior, referred to as folk psychology or
theory of mind, is often discussed as if it were the same the world over. Yet, certainly …

This book focuses on the crucial importance of developmental work to psychotherapy and
psychopathology. It offers an account of psychotherapy to integrate scientific knowledge of …

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 …

For more than two decades, researchers have argued that young children do not understand
mental states such as beliefs. Part of the evidence for this claim comes from preschoolers' …

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 …

How do children (and indeed adults) understand the mind? In this paper we contrast two
accounts. One is the view that the child's early understanding of mind is an implicit theory …

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 …

What could someone represent that would enable her to track, at least within limits, others'
perceptions, knowledge states and beliefs including false beliefs? An obvious possibility is …