Theory of Mind and Language in Developmental Contexts

How we think and speak is a reflection of our shared cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Theory of Mind and Language in Different Developmental Contexts blazes new trails in the study of the relationship between the theory of mind—that is, the ability

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Plenum Series on Human Exceptionality Series Editors: Donald H. Saklofske, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Moshe Zeidner, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel Vicki L. Schwean, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada THEORY OF MIND AND LANGUAGE IN DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXTS

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Theory of Mind and Language in Developmental Contexts

Edited by

Alessandro Antonietti Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

Olga Liverta-Sempio Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

Antonella Marchetti Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

Alessandro Antonietti Department of Psychology Catholic University of Sacred Heart Milan, Italy 20123 Olga Liverta-Sempio Department of Psychology Catholic University of Sacred Heart Milan, Italy 20123 Antonella Marchetti Department of Psychology Catholic University of Sacred Heart Milan, Italy 20123

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005923472 ISBN-10: 0-387-24994-X ISBN-13: 978-0387-24994-0

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Contents PREFACE Alessandro Antonietti, Olga Liverta-Sempio, Antonella Marchetti 1.

MENTAL LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF EPISTEMIC AND EMOTIONAL MENTAL STATES: Contextual Aspects Alessandro Antonietti, Olga Liverta-Sempio, Antonella Marchetti, Janet W. Astington …...……………………..…………………… 1 1. Mental Vocabulary and Understanding of Epistemic Mental States: Context as Task Content……………………………... 5 2. Possible Variables Affecting Mental Vocabulary and FalseBelief Understanding: Context as Socio-Cultural Dimensions…………………………………………………... 14 3. False-Belief Und