Previous studies with preschoolers have reported “East–West” contrasts in children's
executive function (East> West) and theory of mind (East< West). This cross-cultural study …

Individuals with ASD display incompetency in develo** the Theory of Mind (ToM), a
mechanism that allows humans to interpret others' intentions and reciprocate actions …

Mental state reasoning is an integral part of children's teaching and learning understanding.
This study investigated whether a picture book reading approach focusing on mental state …

Hong Kong policy makers have been advocating 'learning through play'as the core element
of the curriculum and pedagogy in the pre-primary education for many years. However …

Human beings are born to learn. During the last few decades, developmental science has
exploded with discoveries of how, specifically, learning happens. This provides us with an …

Abstract Number sense lays the foundation for children's later mathematical achievement. In
practice, however, preschool children could mechanically count or even add and subtract as …

Learning is a process of hypothesis testing based on probabilistic models. Children learn
through play, observation, and through explicit teaching. The domain-general cognitive …

How children understand the concepts of teaching and learning is inherently underpinned
by their mental state understanding and critical to the successful transition to formal …

Applying self-regulated learning in early childhood classrooms assumes that children are
metacognitive learners by default, an assumption which is deeply flawed. The theoretical …

The present paper attempts a comprehensive approach to the biological, cognitive, as well
as cultural foundations of theory of mind development. A critical analysis and synthesis of …