Keysar et al. (2003)

Limits on theory of mind use in adults

Cognition, 89(1), 25-41

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Keysar, B., Lin, S., & Barr, D. J. (2003). Limits on theory of mind use in adults. Cognition, 89(1), 25-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0010-0277(03)00064-7

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Standing Constraints Memory Processes

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Knowing a fact about another person does not guarantee using it: adults who clearly knew a partner could not know what was hidden in a bag still often took the partner's instructions to refer to the hidden object, a dissociation between reflective knowledge and its routine use