The Sally Anne task is a classic false belief experiment which determines theory of mind (ToM) in children. It involves the child being seated behind a desk opposite the experimenter; on the desk are two dolls, which are named as Sally and Anne. The dolls are introduced to the child. The experimenter proceeds to describe a make believe scenario which involves Sally putting a marble in her basket and then leaving the room. Whilst she is unable to observe, Anne takes the marble from the basket and places it into a box, the child is asked a belief question “where will sally look for the marble”. The correct response is for the child to point to sally’s basket, thereby indicating that Sally believes the marble to be somewhere it is not, and
