= Performance factors in false-belief tasks
<Language> interpretation, <Memory in animals>[memory], <inhibitory control>, response generation and other demands affecting the observed answer. Lowering concurrent demands while preserving the mistaken-belief contrast can reveal successful performance earlier than a standard task. The modified procedure still needs controls against cueing and simplified nonmental strategies.<Two-and-a-half-year-olds succeed at a traditional false-belief task with reduced processing demands by Peipei Setoh and others>[PNAS 113, 13360–13365; Experiments 1–4 and picture-book apparatus]{ref}
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