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Imitation of intentional actions and internal state language in infancy predict preschool theory of mind skills

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Pages 14-30 | Published online: 03 May 2007

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Samet Burak Taylan, Hatice Bakkaloğlu & Meral Çilem Ökcün-Akçamuş. (2022) Imitation and intention understanding in typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder. Early Child Development and Care 192:9, pages 1490-1505.
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SabrinaS. Chiarella, Susanne Kristen, Diane Poulin-Dubois & Beate Sodian. (2013) Concurrent Relations Between Perspective-Taking Skills, Desire Understanding, and Internal-State Vocabulary. Journal of Cognition and Development 14:3, pages 480-498.
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Diane Poulin-Dubois, Beate Sodian, Ulrike Metz, Joanne Tilden & Barbara Schoeppner. (2007) Out of Sight Is Not Out of Mind: Developmental Changes in Infants' Understanding of Visual Perception During the Second Year. Journal of Cognition and Development 8:4, pages 401-425.
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Diane Poulin-Dubois, Elizabeth J. Goldman, Alexandra Meltzer & Elaine Psaradellis. (2023) Discontinuity from implicit to explicit theory of mind from infancy to preschool age. Cognitive Development 65, pages 101273.
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Salim Hashmi, Ross E. Vanderwert, Amy L. Paine & Sarah A. Gerson. (2021) Doll play prompts social thinking and social talking: Representations of internal state language in the brain. Developmental Science 25:2.
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Diane Poulin-Dubois, Naomi Azar, Brandon Elkaim & Kimberly Burnside. (2020) Testing the stability of theory of mind: A longitudinal approach. PLOS ONE 15:11, pages e0241721.
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Courtney Filippi, Yeo Bi Choi, Nathan A. Fox & Amanda L. Woodward. (2019) Neural correlates of infant action processing relate to theory of mind in early childhood. Developmental Science 23:2.
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Mele Taumoepeau & Ted Ruffman. (2016) Self-awareness moderates the relation between maternal mental state language about desires and children’s mental state vocabulary. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 144, pages 114-129.
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Emiddia Longobardi, Antonia Lonigro & Fiorenzo Laghi. (2015) References to Mental States in Mother–Child Conversation in the Second Year of Life. Journal of Child and Family Studies 25:3, pages 756-766.
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Miguel Ángel Carbonero-Martín, Lucas Valle Flores & María Consuelo Sáiz-Manzanares. (2014) Precursores de la Teoría de la Mente en niños con discapacidad. CADMO:1, pages 25-37.
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Emily K. Newton, Miranda Goodman & Ross A. Thompson. (2014) Why Do Some Toddlers Help A Stranger? Origins of Individual Differences in Prosocial Behavior. Infancy 19:2, pages 214-226.
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Birgit Elsner. 2014. Theorien in der Entwicklungspsychologie. Theorien in der Entwicklungspsychologie 310 329 .
Susanne Kristen, Beate Sodian, Maria Licata, Claudia Thoermer & Diane Poulin‐Dubois. (2012) The Development of Internal State Language during the Third Year of Life: A Longitudinal Parent Report Study. Infant and Child Development 21:6, pages 634-645.
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Nicole L. Matthews, Wendy A. Goldberg, Angela F. Lukowski, Kathryn Osann, Maryam M. Abdullah, Agnes R. Ly, Kara Thorsen & M. Anne Spence. (2012) Does theory of mind performance differ in children with early-onset and regressive autism?. Developmental Science 15:1, pages 25-34.
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Beate Sodian. (2011) Theory of Mind in Infancy. Child Development Perspectives 5:1, pages 39-43.
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Kara M. Olineck & Diane Poulin-Dubois. (2009) Infants’ understanding of intention from 10 to 14 months: Interrelations among violation of expectancy and imitation tasks. Infant Behavior and Development 32:4, pages 404-415.
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