Children’s understanding of people’s minds (theory of mind)

Joan Peskin

Associate Professor Emeritus

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Department
  • Applied Psychology and Human Development (APHD)

Areas of Expertise

• Ability to keep a secret (young children)
• Children’s understanding of people’s minds (theory of mind)
• Cognition and instruction
• How students learn
• Lying in young children

Office: 416-978-0948
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Email: j.peskin@utoronto.ca
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