?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Theory+of+Mind+and+the+Origins+of+Divergent+Thinking&rft.creator=Suddendorf%2C+Thomas&rft.creator=Fletcher-Flinn%2C+Claire+M.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=The+development+of+a+%60theory+of+mind'+may+not+only+be+important+for+understanding+the+minds+of+others+but+also+for+using+one's+own+mind.+To+investigate+this+supposition%2C+forty+children+between+the+ages+of+three+and+four+were+given+false-belief+and+creativity+tasks.+The+numbers+of+appropriate+and+of+original+responses+in+the+creativity+test+were+found+to+correlate+positively+with+performance+on+false-belief+tasks.+This+association+was+robust%2C+as+it+continued+to+be+strong+and+significant+even+when+age+and+verbal+intelligence+were+partialled+out.+The+results+support+the+hypothesis+that+the+metarepresentational+skills+involved+in+theory+of+mind+also+affect+the+way+children+can+access+and+scan+their+own+mental+repertoire+beyond+the+areas+of+currently+activated+content+(i.e.+divergent+thinking).+With+the+advent+of+theory+of+mind+a+basic+cognitive+shift+takes+place+in+human+development%2C+and+possibly+took+place+in+cognitive+evolution.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F727%2F1%2FTOM.txt&rft.identifier=++Suddendorf%2C+Thomas+and+Fletcher-Flinn%2C+Claire+M.++(1997)+Theory+of+Mind+and+the+Origins+of+Divergent+Thinking.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F727%2F