Abstract

Nowadays, there seems to be an important focus on a relevant aspect of cognition known as Theory of Mind (ToM) that have brought many theorists and scholars to reflect on and, consequently, to make research on it from a psychological and physiological perspectives. Its abstractness and complexity have led them to inquire what is the relationship between the three most important factors for ToM which are language, mind and thought. Considering that the term ToM implies thought and the language plays a critical role in its acquisition, experts on the field of neuroscience have wondered at what point language starts to establish a connection with ToM and whether language implies the development of ToM or whether ToM can develop on its own without language. ToM has not only been studied in terms of cognition but also in terms of a pathology related to language known as aphasia. Most of the studies carried out in the last years have shown that this pathology does not necessarily affect ToM since thought does not depend on language as some theorists suggest and if that was the case, then, ToM could be improved as could language.