ReviewAIMS neuroscience2018
Reviving pragmatic theory of theory of mind.
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- Online Metaphor Comprehension in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Eye Tracking Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Disfluencies as a Window into Pragmatic Skills in Russian-Hebrew Bilingual Autistic and Non-Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Understanding Theory of Mind-pragmatics relationship through the spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Linguistic Markers of Theory of Mind in Spontaneous Speech: A Narrative Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Meaning as mentalization.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Review
- Exploring Pragmatic Deficits in Relation to Theory of Mind and Executive Functions: Evidence from Individuals with Right Hemisphere Stroke.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Toward an integrative socio-cognitive approach in autism spectrum disorder: NEAR method adaptation-study protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Qualitative Differences in Attribution of Mental States to Other People in Autism and Schizophrenia: What are the Tools for Differential Diagnosis?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Theory of Mind Profiles in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Adaptive/Social Skills and Pragmatic Competence.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Pragmatics in the False-Belief Task: Let the Robot Ask the Question!Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Theory of Mind (ToM) refers to the ability to attribute mental states to self and others. It has been debated whether or not language capacity precedes ToM in development. Evidence from both neurological and developmental studies suggested that while linguistic capacity is important for ToM understanding, pragmatic component, which is a non-structural part of language, is more important for ToM. Moreover, given that pragmatic component of language is subserved by the right hemisphere of the brain, the evidence also indicates a significant overlap between the neural basis of ToM and that of pragmatic comprehension. The pragmatic theory of ToM, which I aim to revive in this review, firmly links pragmatics to ToM. It regards pragmatic aspects of language and ToM as extensively overlapping functions. I argue that research results from both developmental and neurological studies of ToM are beginning to converge to support this theory. Furthermore, I maintain that the pragmatic theory of ToM provides the best explanation for the seemingly incongruent results from recent child and infant studies on the developmental trajectory of ToM. Lastly, I will discuss whether this theory is in agreement with the domain-specific, the nativist framework, or neither.
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