Friendship pervades the human social landscape. These bonds are so important that
disrupting them leads to health problems, and difficulties forming or maintaining friendships …

The relation between language and theory of mind (ToM) has been debated for more than
two decades. In a similar vein, ToM has been examined in children with specific language …

Despite broad interest, experimental evidence for gender differences in social abilities
remains inconclusive. Two important factors may have limited previous results:(i) a lack of …

Recent years have seen a growth of research on the development of children's ability to
reason about others' mental states (or “theory of mind”) beyond the narrow confines of the …

Background Mentalizing and psychological mindedness are two key, partially overlap**
facets of social cognition. While mentalizing refers to the ability to reflect on one's own …

Conduct disorder (CD) is a common and highly impairing psychiatric disorder of childhood
and adolescence that frequently leads to poor physical and mental health outcomes in …

Teachers' ratings of conflict and closeness as well as observed emotional support are
known predictors of children's social functioning. Consistency in emotional support …

Two studies examined the development of constructivist theory of mind (ToM) during late
childhood and early adolescence. In Study 1, a new measure was developed to assess …

Research on the development of theory of mind (ToM), the understanding of people in
relation to mental states and emotions, has been a vibrant area of cognitive development …

Increasing research evidence suggests that women are more advanced than men in
pragmatic language comprehension and Theory of Mind (ToM), which is a cognitive …