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The 35 pages that link to Theory of mind, each with the reason it gives.

• EmpathyRelated: It supplies mental-state reasoning that can support cognitive empathy.

• Autism spectrum disorderRelated: This influential account of social cognition shaped explanations of autism, though it does not capture every autistic person's experience.

• AnthropomorphismRelated: Attributing human motives to nonhumans applies mind-reading skills beyond their usual targets.

• MetacognitionCompared with: Theory of mind concerns mental states, especially others’ minds, rather than regulating one’s own thinking.

• IntentionalityRelated: Interpreting another person’s behavior requires inferring what they meant to do.

• BeliefRelated: Attributing beliefs helps explain and predict other people's behavior.

• Social learningRelated: Attributing intentions can help learners interpret demonstrations and instruction.

• IntentionRelated: Attributing intentions helps explain and anticipate other people's actions.

• Animal consciousnessRelated: Evidence of social perspective-taking may reveal sophisticated minds without settling whether experience is present.

• Self-awarenessRelated: Comparing one’s own mental states with others’ helps clarify what self-awareness includes.

• Human exceptionalismRelated: Its distribution across species bears on claims that human social understanding is unique.

• Mental modelBroader topic: It consists of models of other minds rather than models of external systems.

• Moral developmentRelated: Understanding another person’s perspective supports judgments about intention and responsibility.

• Joint attentionRelated: Joint attention provides evidence that people can track what others attend to.

• Gregory BatesonNarrower topic: Bateson’s account of mind emphasized relational patterns rather than an isolated individual.

• Perspective-takingNarrower topic: Perspective-taking draws on this broader capacity to represent another person’s mental state.

• Cognitive science of religionRelated: Attributing minds to gods draws on capacities used to understand other people.

• Primate cognitionRelated: Primate studies investigate whether individuals track what others can see or know.

• Modularity of mindRelated: Some accounts treat social understanding as a specialized cognitive system.

• Folk psychologyRelated: This capacity supports the inferences through which folk explanations operate.

• HumanRelated: Inferring other minds supports communication and coordinated social life.

• Mind (mental faculty)Related: It describes how one mind represents the perspectives of other minds.

• Origin of languageRelated: Inferring communicative intentions helps explain how signals can convey more than their literal form.

• Psychology of religionRelated: Attributing minds helps explain how people reason about invisible, intentional agents.

• Hide-and-seekRelated: Hiders and seekers anticipate what others know and where they may look.

• Simon Baron-CohenNarrower topic: Baron-Cohen’s early autism research examined difficulties with this capacity.

• Social skillsRelated: Researchers examine how understanding others' mental states relates to social interaction.

• Imaginary friendRelated: Imagining a companion's separate thoughts can involve representing another mind.

• ThoughtRelated: Understanding other minds requires thought about thoughts themselves.

• Paranoid personality disorderRelated: Attributing hostile intentions to ambiguous actions implicates how others’ minds are interpreted.

• Curse of knowledgeRelated: The bias arises when people fail to separate their own knowledge from another person’s perspective.

• Evolution of moralityRelated: Judging responsibility often depends on inferring what another person intended.

• Evolutionary origin of religionRelated: Attributing minds to invisible agents makes interaction with them imaginable.

• Origin of speechRelated: Talking about hidden thoughts and intentions expands social coordination.

• PreadolescenceRelated: Preadolescent social life draws on increasingly nuanced understanding of other people’s perspectives.