Justifying all the fuss about false belief

@article{citeulike:241231, abstract = {The classic study by Wimmer and Perner showed that children below the age of about 4 years of age fail to appreciate others' false beliefs. This opened the floodgates to the theory-of-mind research programme. Recently, a study by Riggs and Simpson has called the central challenge of false belief into question, reporting similar difficulties with true belief. I would argue, however, that not only should the acquisition of false belief remain a central concern but that we should think harder about it and its earlier manifestations.}, author = {Russell, James }, citeulike-article-id = {241231}, doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2005.05.002}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {belief, developmental, theory-of-mind}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {307--308}, posted-at = {2005-07-01 10:21:44}, priority = {0}, title = {Justifying all the fuss about false belief}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.05.002}, volume = {9}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:241231 L3 - citeulike-article-id:241231 TI - Justifying all the fuss about false belief JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences VL - 9 IS - 7 SP - 307 EP - 308 N2 - The classic study by Wimmer and Perner showed that children below the age of about 4 years of age fail to appreciate others' false beliefs. This opened the floodgates to the theory-of-mind research programme. Recently, a study by Riggs and Simpson has called the central challenge of false belief into question, reporting similar difficulties with true belief. I would argue, however, that not only should the acquisition of false belief remain a central concern but that we should think harder about it and its earlier manifestations. KW - belief KW - developmental KW - theory-of-mind AU - Russell, James PY - 2005/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.05.002 ER -