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Origins of a theory of mind |
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| Authors: | Kawakami Kiyobumi Kawakami Fumito Tomonaga Masaki Kishimoto Takeshi Minami Tetsuhiro Takai-Kawakami Kiyoko |
| Institution: | a University of the Sacred Heart, 4-3-1, Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8938, Japan b Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan c Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan d Koshien College, 4-25, Kawarabayashi-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8107, Japan e Japan Women's University, 2-8-1, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8681, Japan |
| Abstract: | Twenty-two pairs of typically developing toddlers (M = 24.32 months) and their mothers were observed in a play-room solving puzzles during 30 min. The target of the observations was hand-taking gesture. Researchers have thought that this gesture is rare among typically developing children and is more frequent among autistic children. Ten in 22 children showed this gesture in only 30 min. They should know “I can not do it by myself, but my mother can do it.” When we can assume that children know others’ mental mechanism, it might be the origins of a theory of mind. |
| Keywords: | Toddlers A hand-taking gesture A theory of mind |
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