“John thinks that Mary thinks that…” attribution of second-order beliefs by 5- to 10-year-old children ☆

TL;DR: Children aged 6-7 years judged a loyal and a partially disloyal member of a school in terms of how typical they are within the school group and their likely acceptance by peers from the same school and a different school.

TL;DR: This article examined the development of children's appreciation for verbal irony by testing children's comprehension of the ironic speaker's belief and intent, and found that children's overall rate of mode adoption was 8.67%.

TL;DR: Although the results showed that the autistic subjects had longer reaction times to questions than controls, there was no evidence for differential reaction times for mental state and non mental state questions for either group.

TL;DR: The Paper and Pencil Sandbox task is a convenient continuous measure of ToM that could be administered to a wide range of age groups and was more accurate on memory trials than trials requiring perspective taking.

TL;DR: A travelling salesman found himself spending the night at home with his wife when one of his trips was unexpectedly cancelled, and he leapt out from the bed, ran across the room and jumped out the window.

Abstract: Binary response variables special logistical analyses some complications some related approaches more complex responses. Appendices: Theoretical background Choice of explanatory variables in multiple regression Review of computational aspects Further results and exercises.