Josef Perner – Research interests

Conceptual development

• theory of mind
• executive control
• counterfactual reasoning

Theoretical issues of mental representations

• implicit-explicit distinction
• simulation and theory versus teleology
• mental objects (mental files and discourse referents)

Neuroscience

• fMRI of perspective taking
• fMRI of counterfactuals

Consciousness

• Grasping vs. indicating
• Higher-order thought theory

Memory

• Direct experience and remembering
• Developmental requirements for episodic remembering