Theory of Mind
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Janet Wilde Astington is professor and chair of the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, where she has held a faculty position since 1990. She obtained a PhD in applied cognitive science, University of Toronto (OISE) in 1985, after which she played an important role in the development of the field of children's theories of mind. She is author of The Child's Discovery of the Mind (Harvard University Press, 1993, published in French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translations) and numerous articles and chapters, as well as editor of four books on theory of mind. She is also a former editor of the journal Cognitive Development. She has held research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada continuously since 1988. Her research interest is in children's developing understanding of the social world, especially during the preschool and early school-age years, with a particular focus on the role of language in the development of social cognition.
Lisa Ain Dack is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She holds a postgraduate scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. She received an honors BA in psychology from Queen's University and an MA in developmental psychology and education at OISE/UT. Her research focuses on social cognition in infants and preschoolers.