
How do we start learning to ‘read’ other people’s minds?
Studies of young children give us insight into the building blocks of an ability that most of us use every day
by Josephine Ross & Martin Doherty
Josephine Ross is a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Dundee, Scotland. Her research focuses on the development of self-awareness, and the intersection of this development with social cognition and functioning throughout the lifespan.