Young children's cognitive development : interrelationships among executive functioning, working memory, verbal ability, and theory of mind / edited by Wolfgang Schneider, Ruth Schumann-Hengsteler, Beate Sodian.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Working memory and its relevance for cognitive development / John Towse and Nelson Cowan -- From rag(bag)s to riches : measuring the developing central executive / Christof Zoelch, Katja Seitz, and Ruth Schumann-Hengsteler -- Hot and cool aspects of executive function : relations in early development / Philip D. Zelazo, Li Qu, and Ulrich Müller -- Theory of mind, the case for conceptual development / Beate Sodian -- On the specificity of the relation between executive function and children's theories of mind / Louis J. Moses, Stephanie M. Carlson, and Mark A. Sabbagh -- The evolution of theory of mind : big brains, social complexity, and inhibition / David F. Bjorklund, Christopher A. Cormier, and Justin S. Rosenberg -- The developmental relation of theory of mind and executive functions : a study of advanced theory of mind abilities in children with ADHD / Beate Sodian and Christian Hülsken -- What fMRI can tell us about the ToM-EF connection : false beliefs, working memory, and inhibition / Winfried Kain and Josef Perner -- Theory of mind, working memory, and verbal ability in preschool children : the proposal of a relay race model of the developmental dependencies / Marcus Hasselhorn, Claudia Mähler, and Dietmar Grube -- Theory of mind, language, and executive functions in autism : a longitudinal perspective / Helen Tager-Flusberg and Robert M. Joseph -- Interrelationships among theory of mind, executive control, language development, and working memory in young children : a longitudinal analysis / Wolfgang Schneider, Kathrin Lockl, and Olivia Fernandez -- Executive functions, working memory, verbal ability, and theory of mind : does it all come together? / Klaus Oberauer.

Young Children's Cognitive Development looks at the connections drawn between the development of theory of mind, the acquisition of verbal abilities, and the development of other critical functions such as executive function, working memory, and action control. This volume integrates findings from prominent researchers in areas of developmental psychology that are typically studied in isolation but can easily be related. Young Children's Cognitive Development is appropriate for scholars, researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates studying developmental psychology and cognitive development.