ABSTRACT
For the last two decades, studies on theory of mind (ToM) have almost exclusively examined 3- to 5-year-old children's ability to represent other people's mental states. Only recently have a few studies on the mentalistic understandings of 6- to 8-year-olds been published. Goldstein and Winner's chapter is an admirable attempt to begin examining the development of an advanced ToM and social cognition in older adolescents and adults. In light of their empirical research on actors in the genre of theatre, combined with recent theoretical analyses of adult ToM in the genre of fiction (Keen, 2007; Zunshine, 2006), it can be said that ToM is coming of age within the realm of the literary arts.
