Theory of mind: beyond the preschool years

Theory of mind

A little history

Goals of the book

Organization of the book

First-order developments

First-order false belief

Other epistemic measures

Other mental states

Developments in infancy

Autism

Neuroimaging of theory of mind

Relations to other developments

Conclusions

Second-order false belief

Precursors

The second-order task

Developmental findings

Antecedents of second-order understanding

Autism

Aging

Conclusions

Other higher-order developments: part 1

An overview of measures

Developmental findings

Executive function and language

Autism

Aging

Conclusions

Other higher-order developments: part 2

Interpretative diversity

Opacity

Origins of beliefs

Understanding of mental activities

Variations of the first-order paradigm

Conclusions

Consequences of higher-order understanding

Deliberately false statements

Social outcomes

Cognitive outcomes

Other outcomes

Conclusions

Historical connections: what did we know before theory of mind?

Perspective taking

Metacognition

Epistemological conceptions

Attribution

Person perception

Relationships and groups

Conclusions

Conclusions

Some initial contrasts

Some contrasts in theories

Some contrasts in what is studied

So what does develop after age 5?.