Theory-of-mind research investigates children’s understanding of people as mental beings, who have beliefs, desires, emotions, and intentions, and whose actions and interactions can be interpreted and explained by taking account of these mental states. The article begins with a description of theor...
Theory of mind concepts in children's literature. Applied Psycholinguistics, 19, 463-470.Cassidy, K. W. , Ball, L. V. , Rourke, M. T. , Werner, R. S. , Feeny, N. , Chu, J. Y. , Lutz, D. J. , & Perkins, A. ( 1998 ). Theory of mind concepts in children’s ...
Between ages 5 and 11 years, responses in the bilateral TPJ became increasingly specific to stories describing mental states as opposed to people's appearance and social relationships. Functional activity in the right TPJ was related to children's performance on a high level theory of mind tas...
In the last of a series of experiments 48 3–5-year old children were tested on an alternative naming game with “synonyms,” e.g., if puppet calls the depicted item a “rabbit” the child has to call it a “bunny,” or the child has to judge puppet’s performance when roles are...
It also makes it possible for researchers to examine in some detail the children's thought processes during pretence, which contributes to systematic generalisations on the relationship between pretence and theory of mind. The purpose of this article is to provide a theoretical description and back...
For more than three decades, theory of mind (ToM) has been one of the leading and prevalent issues in developmental psychology. ToM is the ability to ascribe mental states (e.g. beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge) to oneself and others as well as to recognise that others ...
There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience. Abstract Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children born to hearing parents have profound theory-of-mind (ToM) delays, yet litt...
1)theory of mind儿童心理理论 1.False belief cognition is an important field intheory of mindresearch, and developmental psychologists often assess children s development intheory of mindthrough their cognition of others belief.错误信念认知是儿童心理理论研究的重要领域,发展心理学家常常通过儿童对他人信念...
Theanswerprobablyliesinthematurationofchildren's theory-of-mindabilitiesinthiscriticalperiodofbraindevelopment. 答案大约在于儿童心理理论能力在这一大脑发展的关键时期的成熟。 article.yeeyan.org 5. However,weknowlittleaboutthedevelopmentofprimaryschoolchildren'stheoryofmind. ...
ChildDevelopment,May/June2002,Volume73,Number3,Pages768–778SignpoststoDevelopment:TheoryofMindinDeafChildrenTyronWoolfe,StephenC.Want,andMichaelSiegalPossessionofa“theoryofmind”(ToM)—asdemonstratedbyanunderstandingofthefalsebeliefsofothers—isfundamentalinchildren’scognitivedevelopment.Akeyquestionfordebateconce...