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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Neuroscience

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  • Theory of mind (ToM) development is crucial for social interaction.
  • Previous research suggests ToM abilities emerge later in childhood.
  • Understanding the foundational mechanisms of ToM is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review behavioral studies on the representational system underlying ToM development.
  • To examine the scope and nature of early agent perception.
  • To investigate ToM development in typically developing infants, adults, and children with autism.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent behavioral studies.
  • Analysis of infant (12-15 months) interactions with novel objects.
  • Comparison of agent perception in infants, adults, and children with autism.

Main Results:

  • Infants attribute perceptual, communicative, and goal-directed behaviors to novel objects.
  • A specialized input system uses behavioral cues to categorize agents.
  • Similar agent perception observed in infants, adults, and children with autism, irrespective of explicit beliefs or advanced ToM reasoning.

Conclusions:

  • Early-emerging agent perception systems are fundamental to theory of mind development.
  • These systems operate even when explicit reasoning or beliefs are absent or impaired.
  • Findings have implications for understanding the trajectory of social cognition and autism.