Synchrony in the onset of mental-state reasoning: Evidence from five cultures

• Main Authors: Tara Callaghan, Philippe Rochat, Angeline Lillard, Mary Louise Claux, Hal Odden, Shoji Itakura, Sombat Tapanya, Saraswati Singh
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Psychology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=19844368173&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62475
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Over the past 20 years, developmental psychologists have shown considerable interest in the onset of a theory of mind, typically marked by children's ability to pass false-belief tasks. In Western cultures, children pass such tasks around the age of 5 years, with variations of the tasks produci...