UDC: 
159.922
Agavelyan Oganes Karapetovich
Доктор психологических наук, Doctor of Psychology Sciences , Professor of the Department of Special Pedagogy and Psychol-ogy of the Institute of Childhood, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, oganesagavelyan@yandex.ru, Novosibirsk
Rusinova Svetlana Gennadievna
Без ученой степени, Senior Research at the Institute of Regional Pathology and Pathomorphology, SB RAMS, rusino-va@hotmail.com, Novosibirsk

THE THEORY OF MIND RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES

Abstract: 
The Theory of Mind is defined as the ability to attribute mental states to self and others and to use them for explaining, prognosis and manipulation of other people actions. The article provides an overview of foreign theoretical and empirical research on Theory of Mind development in normal children and atypical populations.
Keywords: 
developmental psychology, theory of mind, false belief tasks
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