Young children embody the time of others in their time judgments: The role of the theory of mind

Quentin Hallez; Sylvie Droit-Volet

doi:10.1002/icd.2101

Young children embody the time of others in their time judgments: The role of the theory of mind

Infant and Child Development ◽

10.1002/icd.2101 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. e2101 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Quentin Hallez ◽

Sylvie Droit-Volet

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Mind ◽

Young Children

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The role of eye contact in goal detection: Evidence from normal infants and children with autism or mental handicap

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579400000845 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 375-383 ◽

Cited By ~ 121

Author(s):

Wendy Phillips ◽

Simon Baron-Cohen ◽

Michael Rutter

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Mind ◽

Young Children ◽

Eye Contact ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Infant Cognition ◽

Mental Handicap ◽

Goal Detection ◽

Young Children With Autism ◽

Infants And Young Children

AbstractOne reason for looking at a person's eyes may be to diagnose their goal, because a person's eye direction reliably specifies what they are likely to act upon next. We report an experiment that investigates whether or not young normal infants use eye contact for this function. We placed them in situations in which the adult's action toward them was either ambiguous or unambiguous in its goal. Results showed that the majority of normal infants and young children with mental handicap made instant eye contact immediately following the ambiguous action but rarely after the unambiguous action. Young children with autism, in contrast, made eye contact equally (little) in both conditions. These results are discussed in relation to the function of eye contact, to our understanding of infant cognition, and to the theory of mind hypothesis of autism.

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Why we assume it's all good: The role of theory of mind in early inherent feature inferences

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13003646 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 482-482 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Karen Bartsch ◽

David Estes

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Mind ◽

Young Children ◽

Status Quo ◽

Mental Life ◽

Inherent Feature ◽

The Status

AbstractCimpian & Salomon's (C&S's) characterization of a domain-general inherence heuristic, available to young children, underplays the importance of our early interest in and recognition of agency, intentionality, and mental life. A consideration of the centrality of desires, goals, and agency in our earliest reasoning suggests an alternative, perhaps complementary, account of our tendency to be satisfied with the status quo.

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