Presentation Title Subtitle - Speech and Language

Assessing Theory of Mind
• Theory of Mind
– Capacity to understand another’s mental state
to explain and predict others’ behavior (Miller, 2006)
– Child learns to take another person’s
perspective
– Link between Theory of Mind and
communication (de Villiers & de Villiers, 2005)
– Also important for comprehending narratives
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