Abstract
Abstract
Fabricius argues that the results of a recent study of ours speak for a deflationary competence limitation account of Theory of Mind development. According to this account, children do not operate with proper mental state concepts until age 6–7 or older. However, the original findings are, in fact, incompatible with such competence limitation accounts, but compatible with the standard picture of Theory of Mind development: According to this picture, children acquire proper mental state concepts by age 4, but this competence is sometimes masked by performance factors.