‘Theory of mind’ is the realization that other people have minds similar to our own, with all the intentions, machinations, ways of thinking that we have. ‘Theory of mind’ is studied as it develops in children. Watch it emerge, rather suddenly, as children realize that other people think and try to figure out how. What are the implications?
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Thalia Wheatley is an Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College.
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