Theory of mind and rule-based reasoning

Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind?

Premack, D., & Woodruff, G. (1978) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00076512 · Cited by 8,743

Beliefs about beliefs: Representation and constraining function of wrong beliefs in young children's understanding of deception

Wimmer, H. (1983) · Cognition · doi:10.1016/0010-0277(83)90004-5 · Cited by 6,305

Pretense and representation: The origins of "theory of mind."

Leslie, A. M. (1987) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.94.4.412 · Cited by 3,379

Understanding the Representational Mind

Perner, J. (1993) · The MIT Press eBooks · doi:10.7551/mitpress/6988.001.0001 · Cited by 2,424

Children's Minds

Donaldson, M. (1978) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 1,857

Executive function deficits in high-functioning autistic individuals: Relationship to theory of mind

Ozonoff, S., Pennington, B. F., & Rogers, S. J. (1991) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb00351.x · Cited by 1,766

Developing theories of mind

(1989) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.26-5332 · Cited by 1,760

Three-year-olds’ difficulty with false belief: The case for a conceptual deficit

Perner, J., Leekam, S. R., & Wimmer, H. (1987) · British Journal of Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.2044-835x.1987.tb01048.x · Cited by 1,550

Children's Understanding of Representational Change and Its Relation to the Understanding of False Belief and the Appearance-Reality Distinction

Alison Gopnik, C., & Astington, J. W. (1988) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1988.tb03192.x · Cited by 1,526

Intellectual development : birth to adulthood

Case, R. (1985) · Academic Press eBooks · Cited by 1,345

Do preschoolers grasp the importance of regulating emotional expression?

Pala, F. C., & Lewis, C. N. (2020) · European Journal of Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1080/17405629.2020.1814251 · Cited by 2

Sociomateriality in Children with Typical and/or Atypical Development

Manzi, F. (2021) · Frontiers research topics · doi:10.3389/978-2-88966-434-4 · Cited by 2

The Impact of an Urban Universal Public Prekindergarten Program on Children's Early Numeracy, Language, Literacy, and Executive Function Outcomes.

Weiland, C., & Yoshikawa, H. (2011) · Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness · Cited by 2

What happened? Do preschool children and capuchin monkeys spontaneously use visual traces to locate a reward?

Civelek, Z., Völter, C. J., & Seed, A. M. (2021) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1101 · Cited by 2

Dildeki Cinsiyet ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Göstergeleri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme

NAKHANOVA, L. (2022) · Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi · doi:10.46250/kulturder.1136158 · Cited by 2

Predicting Arithmetic Performance from Age and Executive Function Skills

Molzhon, A. (2010) · VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University) · doi:10.25772/g5hj-gb29 · Cited by 2

Deceptive Behavior in Young Children Confronted with Physical Evidence of their Transgressions: Links with Executive Functioning and Internalizing or Externalizing Symptoms

Visu‐Petra, L., Jurje, O., & Fizeşan, C. (2014) · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.477 · Cited by 2

The Relationship between Theory of Mind and Executive Function: Are They Two Facets of the Same Process or Two Distinct Processes?

Cho, I. (2020) · Scholarship@Western (Western University) · Cited by 2

Influências do bilingüismo precoce sobre o desenvolvimento infantil: uma leitura a partir da teoria da equilibração de Jean Piaget

Flory, E. V. (2009) · doi:10.11606/t.47.2009.tde-31052009-105610 · Cited by 2

Representational redescription: A question of sequence

Boden, M. A. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036645 · Cited by 3

First Friends, a social-emotional preventive intervention program: the mediational role of inhibitory control.

Randall, K. D. (2011) · UVic’s Research and Learning Repository (University of Victoria) · Cited by 2

The Interactive Effects of Executive Functioning and Relevant Experience on Theory of Mind Development

Benson, J. E. (2014) · QSpace (Queen's University Library) · Cited by 2

Developmental changes in reasoning about cross-classified individuals.

McDermott, C. (2019) · doi:10.18297/etd/3153 · Cited by 2

Evaluating implementation of LEAPS, a youth-led early childhood care and education intervention in rural Pakistan: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trialPreprint

Yousafzai, A. K., Sudfeld, C. R., Franchett, E. E., Siyal, S., Rehmani, K., Bhamani, S., Dai, Q., Reyes, C. R., Fink, G., & Ponguta, L. A. (2021) · medRxiv · doi:10.1101/2021.04.15.21255571 · Cited by 2

Measures of Flexibility

Maintenant, C., & Bodi, G. (2022) · doi:10.1002/9781119902737.ch1 · Cited by 2

IL TEST DELLA FALSA CREDENZA

Fenici, M. (2013) · OpenstarTs (Univeristy of Trieste https://www.units.it/) · Cited by 1

Apps for Intervention in Executive Functions in Young Children

Panesi, S., Freina, L., & Ferlino, L. (2022) · Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies (APMHBS) book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-9075-1.ch016 · Cited by 1

Cognitive flexibility moderates the association between theory of mind and children’s offer in the Ultimatum Game ( La flexibilidad cognitiva modera la relación entre la teoría de la mente y las ofertas de los niños en el Juego del Ultimátum )

Wang, Z., Wang, L.-M., Gao, X., & Zhu, L. (2023) · Journal for the Study of Education and Development Infancia y Aprendizaje · doi:10.1080/02103702.2022.2159618 · Cited by 3

Analysis of Impact of Motivational Bollywood Films on Minds of Youth

Rafiq, K., Hussain, N., & Lashari, A. A. (2024) · Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences · doi:10.52131/pjhss.2024.v12i2.2091 · Cited by 1

A micro-genetic investigation of the theory of mind understanding: desire, belief, knowledge, false belief, and emotion

YAŞAR, Z. E. (2024) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-024-06780-1 · Cited by 2

Latino Family Engagement and Student Outcomes in Early Elementary School: Evidence from Two National Datasets

Greenfader, C. M., & Miller, E. B. (2024) · Journal of Latinos and Education · doi:10.1080/15348431.2024.2413534 · Cited by 1

Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder exhibit intact physical causal inference but weak intention inference

Liu, M.-J. (2024) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1458101 · Cited by 1

The development of theory of mind in autistic children: contribution of executive function, syntactic structure and lexical development

André, M. L., & Maintenant, C. (2025) · Advances in Autism · doi:10.1108/aia-11-2024-0076 · Cited by 1

Socioeconomic and racial-ethnic disparities in flame retardant exposure and executive function skills in preschool children

Merculief, A., McClelland, M. M., Foster, S. A., Geldhof, G. J., Lipscomb, S. T., Anderson, K. A., & Kile, M. L. (2025) · Environmental Health · doi:10.1186/s12940-025-01200-8 · Cited by 1

The Effects of Short-Term Bilingual Exposure on Executive Functions, Theory of Mind, and Receptive Vocabulary in Monolingual Mandarin-Speaking Preschoolers

Jin, X., Zhang, D., Xia, L., & Su, Y. (2026) · Early Education and Development · doi:10.1080/10409289.2026.2653625 · Cited by 1

Characteristics of Executive Function in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Compared With Typically Developing Children

Kamii, K., Fujino, H., & Koike, T. (2013) · Journal of Special Education Research · doi:10.6033/specialeducation.1.11 · Cited by 1

Mindreading, Privileged Access and Understanding Narratives

Kiss, S., & Jakab, Z. (2014) · DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics) · doi:10.4230/oasics.cmn.2014.88 · Cited by 1

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND FANTASY ORIENTATION

Pierucci, J. M. (2011) · W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Manuscript Collections · Cited by 1

Developmental Trajectory of Rule Detection in Four- to Six-Year-Old Children

Li, W., Cao, B., Hu, L., & Li, F. (2015) · International Journal of Behavioral Development · doi:10.1177/0165025415620056 · Cited by 1

Inner speech and task switching in adults

Laurent, L., Millot, J., Andrieu, P., Camos, V., Floccia, C., & Mathy, F. (2012) · HAL · Cited by 1

Conceptualizing Simulation Theory

Goldman, A. I. (2006) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0195138929.003.0002 · Cited by 1

The Characteristics of Children with Specific Language Impairment in Theory of Mind and Emotional Understanding

Lee, S. Y., & Ahn, S. (2016) · The Journal of Special Children Education · doi:10.21075/kacsn.2016.18.2.173 · Cited by 1

Italian executive functions battery for preschoolers (BAFE): working memory, inhibition, set-shifting

Stievano, P., Ciancaleoni, M., & Valeri, G. (2017) · Neuropsychological Trends · doi:10.7358/neur-2017-022-stie · Cited by 2

Children’s Third-Party Understanding of Communicative Interactions in a Foreign Language

Afshordi, N., Sullivan, K. R., & Markson, L. (2018) · Collabra Psychology · doi:10.1525/collabra.105 · Cited by 1

Theory of Mind and Executive Functioning in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

Singh, P., Samantaray, N. N., & Jahan, M. (2016) · International Journal of Indian Psychology · doi:10.25215/0302.186 · Cited by 1

Development of Executive Functions in Pre-schoolers / Okul Öncesi Dönemde Yönetici İşlevler Gelişimi

YAŞAR, Z. E., & Karayelle, S. (2020) · Kalem Uluslararasi Egitim ve Insan Bilimleri Dergisi · doi:10.23863/kalem.2020.162 · Cited by 1

Assessing Children’s Executive Functioning Skills in Early Childhood Education Settings

Rhinehart, L. V. (2022) · Early childhood research and education · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99910-0_12 · Cited by 3

Examining Child, Family, Classroom, and School Factors Associated with Latinx Children’s Early Science Achievement

Bohlmann, N. L., & Palacios, N. A. (2023) · Early Education and Development · doi:10.1080/10409289.2023.2233369 · Cited by 2

Analyzing the Dynamics Between Theory of Mind, Speech Disorders, and Brain Rewiring in Aphasia

Lopez-Soto, T. (2023) · Logic, argumentation & reasoning · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-46742-4_9 · Cited by 1

The effect of a psycho-motor rehabilitation on executive functions and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorder

Alsamiri, Y. A., Alaghdaf, A. A., Alfaidi, S. D., Alsawalem, I. M., & Allouash, B. A. (2024) · Applied Neuropsychology Child · doi:10.1080/21622965.2024.2446404 · Cited by 1

The immediate post‐viewing effects of animated fantastical events on the executive function of Chinese kindergarteners with high and low fantasy orientations

Li, H., Hsueh, Y., Zheng, X., & Yu, H. (2025) · British Journal of Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjdp.12558 · Cited by 1

Zimne versus gorące funkcje zarządzające i język a rozumienie przez dzieci własnych oraz innych osób stanów umysłowych

Putko, A. (2013) · Cited by 1

Testing Expression Effects of Language and Inhibition Within a Series of False Belief Tasks

Craven, P. (2004) · Cited by 1

Vocabulary and Cognitive Flexibility in People with Down Syndrome

Garcı́a, O., Autora, B. C. I., & Arias‐Trejo, N. (2017) · Literacy studies · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53646-0_17 · Cited by 2

Neurobiological Markers for the Early Stages of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Станиславаовна, П. Д., & Gorbachevskaya, N. L. (2017) · Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology · doi:10.1007/s11055-017-0464-5 · Cited by 1

Linking counterfactuality with theory of mind: evidence from developmental studies with Yàobúshì in Chinese

Hsu, C.-F. (2017) · Lingua Sinica · doi:10.1186/s40655-017-0031-6 · Cited by 1

Theory of mind and its relationship with behavioural inhibition in Chilean preschools / Teoría de la mente y su relación con inhibición conductual en pre-escolares chilenos

Perez-Zapata, D. I., Cuadra-Martínez, D. J., Barrios, C. V., & Salgado-García, P. (2019) · Studies in Psychology Estudios de Psicología · doi:10.1080/02109395.2019.1589084 · Cited by 1

Structural Relationships among Household Chaos, Maternal Negative Parenting, Child Executive Function, and Child Aggression

Lee, J. M., & Kim, S. (2021) · Korean Journal of Child Studies · doi:10.5723/kjcs.2021.42.6.777 · Cited by 2

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder are differentially sensitive to interference from previous verbal feedback

Reed, P. (2023) · Autism · doi:10.1177/13623613221150377 · Cited by 2

Closing the developmental loop on the behavioral and neural dynamics of flexible rule-use

Buss, A. T. (2013) · doi:10.17077/etd.tuspdhgg · Cited by 1

The development of reasoning heuristics in autism and in typical development

Morsanyi, K. (2010) · PEARL (University of Plymouth) · doi:10.24382/1972 · Cited by 1

Children's Self‐Regulation and Executive Control

Clark, C. A. C., Martinez, M. M., Nelson, J. M., Wiebe, S. A., & Espy, K. A. (2014) · Well Being · doi:10.1002/9781118539415.wbwell001 · Cited by 1

Theory of mind in middle childhood

Yoon, J. E., Nikolas, M. A., Gros-Louis, J. J., Markon, K., Kochanska, G., & Kopelman, T. G. (2015) · doi:10.17077/etd.opdq7swg · Cited by 1

Developmental psychology for the twenty-first century

Estes, D. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036712 · Cited by 1

The power of explicit knowing

Kuhn, D. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036797 · Cited by 1

Beyond connectionist versus classical Al: A control theoretic perspective on development and cognitive science

Grush, R. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036761 · Cited by 1

Modal knowledge and transmodularity

Smith, L. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036876 · Cited by 1

Inferencias mentalistas, predicción, atribución y explicación en la tarea de creencia falsa

Quintanilla, L., & Sarriá, E. (2007) · Journal for the Study of Education and Development Infancia y Aprendizaje · doi:10.1174/021037007781787480 · Cited by 1

Arguments against linguistic “modularization”

Foster‐Cohen, S. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036724 · Cited by 1

Beyond methodological solipsism?

Losonsky, M. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036803 · Cited by 1

Emotion Regulation and Temper Tantrums in Preschoolers: Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Contributions

Giesbrecht, G. F. (2008) · UVic’s Research and Learning Repository (University of Victoria) · Cited by 1

What Good is Pretending? Adding a Pretense Context to the Dimensional Change Card Sort

Toub, T. R. S. (2013) · ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · Cited by 1

Immediate Impact of Fast/Slow Paced Television on Pre-schoolers Executive Function

McFadden, C. (2015) · e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University) · Cited by 1

The risks of rationalising cognitive development

de Gelder, B. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036694 · Cited by 1

The behavioural and cognitive phenotype of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome

Waite, J. (2012) · University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham) · Cited by 1

Mind-reading in adolescents and adults with a pervasive developmental disorder

Ponnet, K. S. (2004) · Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) · Cited by 1

Episodic Foresight in Typically-Developing Children and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Hanson, L. K. (2013) · uO Research (University of Ottawa) · doi:10.20381/ruor-3202 · Cited by 1

Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Mentalizing

Goldman, A. I. (2006) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0195138929.003.0001 · Cited by 1

The Search for Structure: An Assessment of the Benefits of Using Structured Patterns in Human Spatial Memory

Kirby, M. L. (2017) · Figshare · Cited by 1

A Relational Complexity Approach to the Development of Hot/Cool Executive Functions

Bunch, K. M. (2006) · Griffith Research Online · doi:10.25904/1912/2397 · Cited by 1

Metalinguistic Skills in Children with ADHD

Palm, B. E. (2017) · University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota) · Cited by 1

Cognitive Abilities Underlying the Bilingual Advantage in Set Shifting

Nguyen, T.-K. (2012) · TSpace (University of Toronto) · Cited by 1

Preschoolers' Saving Performance: The Role of Budgeting and Psychological Distance

Jerome, E. (2020) · doi:10.22215/etd/2020-13986 · Cited by 1

The effect of biculturalism on executive functions

Xie, W. (2019) · doi:10.32657/10356/137189 · Cited by 1

Reciprocal associations between executive function and academic achievement: A conceptual replication of Schmitt et al. (2017)Preprint

Ellis, A., Ahmed, S. F., Zeytinoglu, S., Isbell, E., Calkins, S. D., Leerkes, E. M., Grammer, J. K., Gehring, W. J., Morrison, F. J., & Davis-Kean, P. E. (2021) · PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/q3uza · Cited by 3

Cognitive Development: Neurobiological Foundations and Contemporary Directions

Sabbagh, M. A. (2019) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.23799-1 · Cited by 1

Changes in working memory facilitate the transition from reactive to proactive cognitive control during childhoodPreprint

Troller‐Renfree, S. V., Buzzell, G. A., & Fox, N. A. (2019) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/p2v6a · Cited by 1

Self‐Attribution

Goldman, A. I. (2006) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0195138929.003.0009 · Cited by 1

Funciones ejecutivas y rasgos de personalidad como predictores de conductas de riesgo por Internet en adolescentes

Duarte, C. E. M. (2021) · Gredos (University of Salamanca) · doi:10.14201/gredos.149617 · Cited by 1

The Impact of Dialogic Book-Sharing on Receptive and Expressive Language: A Randomised Controlled Trial in the Drakenstein Child Health CohortPreprint

Koopowitz, S., Maré, K. T., Lake, M. T., du Plooy, C., Hoffman, N., Donald, K. A., Malcolm‐Smith, S., Murray, L., Zar, H. J., Cooper, P. H., et al. (2022) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4172623 · Cited by 1

The Development of Recursive Meta-Representational Theory of Mind

Schidelko, L. P. (2023) · doi:10.53846/goediss-9918 · Cited by 1

Leveraging cognitive flexibility through flexible categorization trainingPreprint

Iacono, É., Clément, É., Guerrién, A., & Gros, H. (2024) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/vf7g8 · Cited by 1

Effects of early bilingualism on theory of mind development among children in economic adversity

Rong, H. (2022) · Scholars Archive - University at Albany (University at Albany, State University of New York) · doi:10.54014/px72-r4y4 · Cited by 1

Le développement des fonctions exécutives à l’âge préscolaire : le rôle des comportements maternels en présence de différents facteurs de vulnérabilité

Rochette, É. (2013) · doi:10.71781/18012 · Cited by 1

Language and conflict detection in the development of executive function

Doebe, S. (2014) · University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota) · Cited by 1

Efficient social perception in adults: studies on visual perspective-taking and visual working memory

Wang, J. J. (2011) · University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)

False-Belief Representation and Attribution in Preschoolers: Testing a Graded-Representation hypothesis

Chevalier, N., & Blaye, A. (2006) · Current psychology letters · doi:10.4000/cpl.233

Inhiberingsförmåga hos treåriga barn : relation till arbetsminne och verbal förmåga

Johansson, L. S. (2008) · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Relations between language and executive function in Spanish-speaking children.

Portillo, A. L. (2009) · doi:10.31979/etd.bkb9-uxfj

Peer Interactions and School Readiness in Head Start Children: Physical Aggression, Relational Aggression, and Prosocial Behavior

Faria, A.-M. (2009)

Relationship between Executive Functioning and Parental Demographics in Autistic Probands

Menard, P. (2005)

Sortowanie kart jako metoda badania giętkości poznawczej u dzieci w wieku 3-8 lat

Jabłoński, S., Kaczmarek, I., Kaliszewska-Czeremska, K., & Zakrzewska, M. (2013) · Jagiellonian Digital Library (Jagiellonian University)

A comparison of cue processing and executive functioning in child task-switching

Holt, A. E. (2011) · eScholarship (California Digital Library)

An Application of Petri Nets to e/m-Learning Environments

De, C., & Topp, P. (2010) · InTech eBooks · doi:10.5772/7490

Perseverators are "Stuck" on a Concrete Dimension: Individual Differences in Achieving Dual Representation

Bright, M. A. (2011) · PsycEXTRA Dataset · doi:10.1037/e505232012-004

INFLUENCE OF EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION ON MEMORY DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINING BILINGUALISM DURING INFANCY

Brito, N. H. (2013) · DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library)

The Role of Executive Functions Skills and Self-Regulation Behaviors in School Readiness and Adjustment.

Sasser, T. R., & Bierman, K. L. (2012) · Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

The pilot study of functionality, achievements and personality factors in older preschool children with typical and atypical development

Kazmin, A. M., Dugina, O., Egorov, A. V., Kazakov, A. M., & Firsova, L. V. (2012) · Clinical Psychology and Special Education

Evaluation de l'implication de la memoire de travail sur des taches de «theorie de l'esprit» chez la personne agee avec alteration cognitive legere /

Lavoie, J. (2013) · doi:10.1522/030607852

A Fodorian guide to Switzerland: Jung and Piaget combined?

Bodor, P., & Pléh, C. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00036657

Theory of mind beyond the preschool years

Miller, S. A. (2012)

Understanding the dimensional change card sort

Towse, J. N., Redbond, J., Houston‐Price, C., & Cook, S. (2000) · Cognitive Development · doi:10.1016/s0885-2014(00)00021-6 · Cited by 128

The role of selective attention in preschoolers’ rule use in a novel dimensional card sort

Brooks, P. J., Hanauer, J. B., Padowska, B., & Rosman, H. (2003) · Cognitive Development · doi:10.1016/s0885-2014(03)00020-0 · Cited by 82

Theory of Mind Predicts Scientific Reasoning. A Longitudinal Study from Preschool to Elementary School Age

Sodian, B., Kristen, S., & Koerber, S. (2016) · Cited by 2

Theory of mind in preschool children

Hončíková, D. (2008) · Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)