Communication, Relationships, and Individual Differences in Children's Understanding of Mind.

By J. Dunn, Marcia Brophy. 2005

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Language and theory of mind: meta-analysis of the relation between language ability and false-belief understanding. (2007, background): “A valuable pragmatic measure is connectedness of communication, that is, the degree to which a child’s speech acts are linked to the interlocutor’s previous utterances (Dunn & Brophy, 2005).”
The Role of Language in Theory of Mind Development. (2014, background): “Acknowledging that there may be cultural differences in this regard, it is still the case that rich mental talk about the causes of behavior results in earlier and more advanced ToM on classic tasks (Dunn & Brophy, 2005; Meins & Fernyhough, 1999).”
The Role of Language Games in Children's Understanding of Mental States: A Training Study (2011, background): “…who grow up in families where mental states and feelings are the ongoing subject of conversation, over time, demonstrate a more advanced and differentiated understanding of their own and others’ minds and emotions (Cutting & Dunn, 1999; Dunn & Brophy, 2005; Garner, Jones, Gaddy, & Rennie, 1997).”