Josef Perner

24.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
172 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Josef Perner is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef Perner has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 56 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 40 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Josef Perner's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (107 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (18 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (17 papers). Josef Perner is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (107 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (18 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (17 papers). Josef Perner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United Kingdom and Germany. Josef Perner's co-authors include Heinz Wimmer, Susan Leekam, Ted Ruffman, Markus Aichhorn, Matthias Schurz, Daniela Kloo, Wendy A. Clements, Zoltán Dienes, Fabio Richlan and Joaquim Raduà and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Josef Perner

166 papers receiving 13.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Understanding the Representational Mind

1993 1.6k citations Josef Perner profile →
Fractionating theory of mind: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies

2014 1.1k citations Matthias Schurz, Joaquim Raduà et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
Three‐year‐olds' difficulty with false belief: The case for a conceptual deficit

1987 1.0k citations Josef Perner, Heinz Wimmer et al. profile →
“John thinks that Mary thinks that…” attribution of second-order beliefs by 5- to 10-year-old children

1985 929 citations Josef Perner, Heinz Wimmer Journal of Experimental Child Psychology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparing level 1 and level 2 visuo-spatial perspective-taking in the brain: evidence from fMRI 2025 ·Social Neuroscience ·Matthias Schurz, Matthias G. Tholen, Martin Kronbichler, Josef Perner, Andrew Surtees	0
2	The practical other: teleology and its development 2018 ·Interdisciplinary Science Reviews ·Josef Perner, Beate Priewasser, Johannes Roessler	12
3	Helping as an early indicator of a theory of mind: Mentalism or Teleology? 2017 ·Cognitive Development ·Beate Priewasser, Eva Rafetseder, (unknown), Josef Perner	42
4	Direct and indirect admission of ignorance by children 2017 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·Daniela Kloo, (unknown), Josef Perner	25
5	Left inferior-parietal lobe activity in perspective tasks: identity statements 2015 ·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ·(unknown), Benjamin Weiß, Matthias Schurz, Markus Aichhorn, (unknown), Josef Perner	25
6	Clarifying the role of theory of mind areas during visual perspective taking: Issues of spontaneity and domain-specificity 2015 ·NeuroImage ·Matthias Schurz, Martin Kronbichler, (unknown), Andrew Surtees, Dana Samson, Josef Perner	74
7	Counterfactual Reasoning: Sharpening Conceptual Distinctions in Developmental Studies 2014 ·Child Development Perspectives ·Eva Rafetseder, Josef Perner	39
8	Fractionating theory of mind: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies breakdown → 2014 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Matthias Schurz, Joaquim Raduà, Markus Aichhorn, Fabio Richlan, Josef Perner	1143
9	Basic Conditional Reasoning: How Children Mimic Counterfactual Reasoning 2013 ·Studia Logica ·Brian Leahy, Eva Rafetseder, Josef Perner	23
10	When the alternative would have been better: Counterfactual reasoning and the emergence of regret 2011 ·Cognition & Emotion ·Eva Rafetseder, Josef Perner	39
11	Do visual perspective tasks need theory of mind? 2005 ·NeuroImage ·Markus Aichhorn, Josef Perner, Martin Kronbichler, Wolfgang Staffen, G. Ladurner	185
12	Dissociating size representation for action and for conscious judgment: Grasping visual illusions without apparent obstacles 2005 ·Consciousness and Cognition ·(unknown), Josef Perner	20
13	When knowledge is unconscious because of conscious knowledge and vice versa 2001 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Zoltán Dienes, Josef Perner	13
14	A theory of implicit and explicit knowledge 1999 ·Behavioral and Brain Sciences ·Zoltán Dienes, Josef Perner	402
15	The many faces of belief: reflections on Fodor's and the child's theory of mind 1995 ·Cognition ·Josef Perner	57
16	Early Deception and the Child's Theory of Mind: False Trails and Genuine Markers 1991 ·Child Development ·Beate Sodian, Catherine A. Taylor, Paul L. Harris, Josef Perner	140
17	Children's Understanding of Informational Access as Source of Knowledge 1988 ·Child Development ·Heinz Wimmer, (unknown), Josef Perner	320
18	Young Children's Understanding of Belief and Communicative Intention 1987 ·Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research ·Josef Perner, Heinz Wimmer	11
19	Young Children's Recognition and Use of the Vertical and Horizontal in Drawings 1984 ·Child Development ·Josef Perner, (unknown), Heinz Wimmer	8
20	Cognitive Autonomy of the Development of Moral Evaluation of Achievement 1982 ·Child Development ·Heinz Wimmer, (unknown), Josef Perner	17

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