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Category: Methods and Measures

Description: Behavioral task administered to children ages 3-12 years old in order to measure theory of mind reasoning. This behavioral measure was used in: Gweon, H., Dodell‐Feder, D., Bedny, M., Saxe, R. (2012). Theory of mind performance in children correlates with functional specialization of a brain region for thinking about thoughts. Child development, 83(6), 1853-1868. (ToM Booklet #1) Richardson, H., Lisandrelli, G., Riobueno-Naylor, A., & Saxe, R. (2018). Development of the social brain from age three to twelve years. Nature communications, 9(1), 1027. (ToM Booklet #1 and #2; matched items)