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Janet Wilde Astington

Janet Wilde Astington

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Psychology

D-Index
41
Citations
17918
World Ranking
7692
National Ranking
517

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Janet Wilde Astington is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their scholarly work includes collaborations with notable researchers such as David R. Olson and Philip David Zelazo, each counted twice as frequent co-authors.

Astington's contributions to academic literature include published books, among which "Developing Theories of Intention" released in 2023 by Psychology Press eBooks stands out, accumulating a total of 64 citations.

The scientist has been recognized with the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association in 1995, reflecting acknowledged contributions within the educational research community.

  • Frequent co-authors: David R. Olson, Philip David Zelazo

Best Publications

  • Children's understanding of representational change and its relation to the understanding of false belief and the appearance-reality distinction.

    Alison Gopnik;Janet W. Astington

  • Developing theories of mind

    Janet W. Astington;Paul L. Harris;David R. Olson

  • Language and theory of mind: meta-analysis of the relation between language ability and false-belief understanding.

    Karen Milligan;Janet Wilde Astington;Lisa Ain Dack

  • A longitudinal study of the relation between language and theory-of-mind development

    Janet Wilde Astington;Jennifer M. Jenkins

  • Cultural learning. Author's reply

    K. A. Bard;S. Baron-Cohen;B. J. Moore;C. Boesch

  • Cognitive factors and family structure associated with theory of mind development in young children

    Jennifer M. Jenkins;Janet Wilde Astington

  • Theory of mind development and social understanding.

    Janet Wilde Astington;Jennifer M. Jenkins

  • Theoretical explanations of children's understanding of the mind

    Janet Wilde Astington;Alison Gopnik

  • Why Language Matters for Theory of Mind

    Janet Wilde Astington;Jodie A. Baird

  • The Child's Discovery of the Mind

    Janet Wilde Astington

  • Further Development in Social Reasoning Revealed in Discourse Irony Understanding

    Eva Filippova;Janet Wilde Astington

  • Young children's understanding of the role that sensory experiences play in knowledge acquisition.

    Daniela K. O'Neill;Janet Wilde Astington;John H. Flavell

  • Theory of Mind in Preadolescence: Relations Between Social Understanding and Social Competence

    Sandra Bosacki;Janet Wilde Astington

  • Developing theories of intention : social understanding and self-control

    Philip David Zelazo;Janet W. Astington;David R. Olson

  • Theory of mind and epistemological development: the relation between children's second-order false-belief understanding and their ability to reason about evidence

    Janet Wilde Astington;Janette Pelletier;Bruce Homer

  • Theory of mind and social behavior: Causal models tested in a longitudinal study.

    Jennifer M. Jenkins;Janet Wilde Astington

  • The Future of Theory‐of‐Mind Research: Understanding Motivational States, the Role of Language, and Real‐World Consequences

    Janet Wilde Astington

  • The role of mental state understanding in the development of moral cognition and moral action.

    Jodie A. Baird;Janet Wilde Astington

  • The effects of adding metacognitive language to story texts

    Joan Peskin;Janet Wilde Astington

  • Sometimes necessary, never sufficient: False-belief understanding and social competence.

    Janet Wilde Astington

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Olson
David R. Olson University of Toronto
Jennifer Jenkins
Jennifer Jenkins University of Toronto
Alison Gopnik
Alison Gopnik University of California, Berkeley
Philip David Zelazo
Philip David Zelazo University of Minnesota
Jerome S. Bruner
Jerome S. Bruner New York University
Michael Tomasello
Michael Tomasello Duke University
Chris Moore
Chris Moore Dalhousie University
Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes University of Cambridge
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth
Paul L. Harris
Paul L. Harris Harvard University

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