Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2023 Feb;53(2):853-857.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05381-2. Epub 2021 Dec 1.

Does the Neurotypical Human Have a 'Theory of Mind'?

Joe Gough  1
Affiliations

Does the Neurotypical Human Have a 'Theory of Mind'?

Joe Gough. J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Feb.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment in

  • All Humans Have a 'Theory of Mind'.
    Yu CL, Wellman HM. Yu CL, et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Jun;53(6):2531-2534. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05584-1. Epub 2022 May 17. J Autism Dev Disord. 2023. PMID: 35579788 No abstract available.

References

    1. Abell, F., Happé, F., & Frith, U. (2000). Do triangles play tricks? Attribution of mental states to animated shapes in normal and abnormal development. Cognitive Development, 15(1), 1–16. - DOI
    1. Apperly, I. A. (2012). What is “theory of mind”? Concepts, cognitive processes, and individual differences. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(5), 825–839. - DOI
    1. Baron-Cohen, S. (2000a). The evolution of a theory of mind. In M. Corballis & S. E. G. Lea (Eds.), The descent of mind: Psychological perspectives on hominid evolution (pp. 261–277). Oxford University Press. - DOI
    1. Baron-Cohen, S. (2000b). Theory of mind and autism: A review. International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, 23, 169–184. - DOI
    1. Baron-Cohen, S. (2009). Autism: The empathizing-systemizing (E-S) theory. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1156(1), 68–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04467.x - DOI - PubMed