But over the last twenty years, researchers have begun to challenge his methods and revise his conclusions. In 'The Child's Discovery of the Mind', Janet Wilde Astington surveys this lively area of research in developmental psychology.

Trois thèmes : le premier concerne les sujets et les domaines ayant un rapport avec la théorie de l'esprit des enfants (leur compréhension de ce que signifie faire semblant, désirer) ; le deuxième thème a un caractère chronologique : ...

This study was carried out with 108 subjects aged 3 to 6 to determine when children begin to understand that ambiguous visual clues are an insufficient source of knowledge.