Repacholi and Gopnik (1997)
The following study looks at the development of the theory of mind; specifically, whether children are able to interpret the desires of others or whether they interpret another's desires egocentrically - that is, do they assume that other people want what they want? The researchers wanted to study both 14 and 18-month-old children to see if there was a difference in developmental stages. The original study may be...