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Ted Ruffman

researcher (social understanding in animals and humans)
Person Human Q91110799

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Occupation
researcher, philosopher
Employer
University of Otago[4]
Position held
full professor[3]
Doctoral student
Jillian G Hayhurst, Min Hooi Yong, Mele Taumoepeau, Burt Hatch, Anna Catherine Campbell, Genevieve Iversen, Ryan Sutcliffe, Qiuyi Kong, Aastha Puri[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Family name
Ruffman[17]
Given name
Ted[18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[19]
Student
Abigail Dawson, Ryan Sutcliffe[5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ted Ruffman
🔖 Identifiers · 3
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8790-6451
OpenAlex ID
A5044443758
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Professor Ted Ruffman 2012 DSC 6505.JPG ↗

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Author of 5
Belief it or not: How children construct a theory of mind, Face Age and Eye Gaze Influence Older Adults’ Emotion Recognition, In Two Minds: Similarity, Threat, and Prejudice Contribute to Worse Mindreading of Outgroups Compared With an Ingroup, The Capricious Nature of Theory of Mind: Does Mental State Understanding Depend on the Characteristics of the Target?, Variety in parental use of “want” relates to subsequent growth in children’s theory of mind.
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Belief it or not: How children construct a theory of mind, Face Age and Eye Gaze Influence Older Adults’ Emotion Recognition, In Two Minds: Similarity, Threat, and Prejudice Contribute to Worse Mindreading of Outgroups Compared With an Ingroup, The Capricious Nature of Theory of Mind: Does Mental State Understanding Depend on the Characteristics of the Target?, Variety in parental use of “want” relates to subsequent growth in children’s theory of mind.
Affiliated with 1
University of Otago
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Summary

Ted Ruffman has worked as a researcher[1] and philosopher[2].

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What did Ted Ruffman do for work?

Ted Ruffman worked as a researcher[1] and philosopher[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . odt.co.nz. odt.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Hope for Regeneration: Increasing Civic Intentions and Values in Young People. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Domestic dogs' understanding of human emotional cues. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Stepping stones to others' minds : the relation between maternal mental and non-mental state input and social understanding in 15-, 24, and 33 month-old children. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Ruffman
    "Created claim: Family name: Ruffman"
  2. 26d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Wikidata description → researcher (social understanding in animals and humans)
    Image → Professor Ted Ruffman 2012 DSC 6505.JPG
    Occupation → researcher, philosopher
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60586: matched doctoral"
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