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From false belief to friendship: Commentary on Fink, Begeer, Peterson, Slaughter, and de Rosnay
Author(s) -
Lerner Matthew D.,
Lillard Angeline S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/bjdp.12070
Subject(s) - friendship , psychology , false belief , theory of mind , psychoanalysis , epistemology , social psychology , cognition , philosophy , neuroscience
Fink, Begeer, Peterson, Slaughter, and de Rosnay ( Brit. J. Dev. Psychol, 2015; 33 , 1–17) represent a welcome contribution in providing empirical evidence of the link from false belief understanding at Time 1 to mutual friendship 2 years later, controlling for several other possible contributors. This opens a new and important line of inquiry into the practical significance of a Theory of Mind. As is typical of pioneering research, further study is needed to address some issues; here, we point out some of these issues and then briefly discuss the broader implications of Fink et al .'s findings.