Marina Proft

Research interests

In my work I am mostly interested in the development of normative and mentalistic reasoning.

On what grounds do children make moral judgments?
When do children consider different motives for actions in their normative evaluations?
How and when do children distinguish between different types of social norms?
When does an understanding of different kinds of mental states develop? How is the relation of intentions, beliefs and desires in development?
How and under which conditions does normative and mental state reasoning interact?
How can the normative assessment of an action influence the ascription of underlying mental states?