The core concepts involved in Theory of Mind are beliefs, desires, and intentions, which are used to understand why someone acts in a certain way or to predict how someone will act (Kloo et al., 2010) ...

Young children show significant changes in their mental-state understanding as marked by their performance on false-belief tasks. This study provides evidence for activity in the prefrontal cortex ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Possession of a "theory of mind" (ToM)-as demonstrated by an understanding of the false beliefs of others- is fundamental in children's ...

To a large extent, the human infant is socialized through the acquisition of a specific cognitive mechanism known as theory of mind (ToM), a term which is currently used to explain a related set of ...

The concept of Theory of Mind is a fascinating and complex subject that has been the focus of extensive research in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. This guide ...

Here at the end of the Fall-2015 semester, I have been reflecting on my students one-new-thought papers. To set-up those papers, I ask students to describe the one-new-thought about interpersonal ...

Cognitive and computer scientists at the University of Toronto, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies have found child language development and the ...

I’m no stranger to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” I’ve read the play, seen movie versions, attended live performances — including one in which the cast included my then 7- and 5-year-old kids (now that ...

Researchers showed that large language models use a small, specialized subset of parameters to perform Theory-of-Mind reasoning, despite activating their full network for every task.

As humans, we don't just belong to a community of bodies. To borrow a lovely phrase from developmental psychologist Katherine Nelson, we also belong to a "community of minds." We engage with each ...