title: Outcome Knowledge and False Belief.
abstract: Virtually every social interaction involves reasoning about the perspectives of others, or 'theory of mind (ToM).' Previous research suggests that it is difficult to ignore our current knowledge when reasoning about a more naïve perspective (i.e., the curse of knowledge). In this Mini Review, we discuss the implications of the curse of knowledge for certain aspects of ToM. Particularly, we examine how the curse of knowledge influences key measurements of false belief reasoning. In closing, we touch on the need to develop new measurement tools to discern the mechanisms involved in the curse of knowledge and false belief reasoning, and how they develop across the lifespan.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Knowledge, Imagination, and Development, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Siba E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ghrear
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Knowledge, Imagination, and Development, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Susan A J
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Lifespan Cognition, Department of Psychology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bernstein
keywords: curse of knowledge; hindsight bias; perspective taking; social cognition; theory of mind