Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-234) and indexes
Theory of mind -- A little history -- Goals of the book -- Organization of the book -- First-order developments -- First-order false belief -- Other epistemic measures -- Other mental states -- Developments in infancy -- Autism -- Neuroimaging of theory of mind -- Relations to other developments -- Conclusions -- Second-order false belief -- Precursors -- The second-order task -- Developmental findings -- Antecedents of second-order understanding -- Autism -- Aging -- Conclusions -- Other higher-order developments: part 1 -- An overview of measures -- Developmental findings -- Executive function and language -- Autism -- Aging -- Conclusions -- Other higher-order developments: part 2 -- Interpretative diversity -- Opacity -- Origins of beliefs -- Understanding of mental activities -- Variations of the first-order paradigm -- Conclusions -- Consequences of higher-order understanding -- Deliberately false statements -- Social outcomes -- Cognitive outcomes -- Other outcomes -- Conclusions -- Historical connections: what did we know before theory of mind? -- Perspective taking -- Metacognition -- Epistemological conceptions -- Attribution -- Person perception -- Relationships and groups -- Conclusions -- Conclusions -- Some initial contrasts -- Some contrasts in theories -- Some contrasts in what is studied -- So what does develop after age 5?