To predict and explain the behavior of others, one must understand that their actions are
determined not by reality but by their beliefs about reality. Classically, children come to …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM; aka, mind‐reading, mentalizing, mental‐state attribution, and
perspective‐taking) is the ability to ascribe mental states, such as desires and beliefs, to …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

Research on executive function in early childhood has flourished in recent years. Much of
this work is premised on a view of development of executive function as the emergence of a …

Background Little is known about the compensatory profile in autism; that is, people with
autism spectrum disorder who show few symptoms in their behavioural presentation, despite …

Quality preschool programs that develop the whole child through age-appropriate
socioemotional and cognitive skill-building hold promise for significantly improving child …

Recent research reveals a link between individual differences in mathematics achievement
and performance on tasks that activate the approximate number system (ANS): a primitive …

Since the BBS article in which Premack and Woodruff (1978) asked “Does the chimpanzee
have a theory of mind?,” it has been repeatedly claimed that there is observational and …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM) and executive functioning (EF) show marked interrelatedness
across childhood, and developmental psychologists have long been interested in …

Piaget's body of work had two major theoretical thrusts: constructivism and stage theory.
Both constructivism and stage theories articulate modern work on conceptual development …