Alessandro Antonietti is a Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy. Emanuela Confalonieri is a Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy. Antonella Marchetti is a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.

'Renowned authors unite to bridge cognitive psychology and sociocultural psychology, offering us a wealth of research data and theoretical insights.' Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Introduction Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri and Antonella Marchetti; Part I. Representation and Metarepresentations: 1. Social development and the development of social representations: two sides of the same coin? Felice Carugati and Patrizia Selleri; 2. Learning from multimedia artifacts: the role of metacognition Alessandro Antonietti and Barbara Colombo; 3. Theory of mind in typical and atypical developmental settings: some considerations from a contextual perspective Antonella Marchetti, Ilaria Castelli, Giulia Cavalli, Eleonora Di Terlizzi, Flavia Lecciso, Barbara Lucchini, Davide Massaro, Serena Petrocchi and Annalisa Valle; 4. The use of metacognitive language in story retelling: the intersection between theory of mind and story comprehension Janette Pelletier, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher and Antoinette Doyle; 5. Language access and theory of mind reasoning: evidence from deaf children in bilingual and oralist environments Marek Meristo, Kerstin W. Falkman, Erland Hjelmquist, Mariantonia Tedoldi, Luca Surian and Michael Siegal; 6. Commentary: aspects and perspectives of research into metarepresentative thought Piergiorgio Battistelli; Part II. Narratives: 7. Narrative, culture, and psychology Jerome Bruner; 8. Schooling and literacy in mind and society David R. Olson; 9. Teaching writing to undergraduate psychology students as socialization to a genre Pietro Boscolo; 10. Exploring pictorial artworks: the role of intersubjectivity Federica Savazzi, Gabriella Gilli and Simona Ruggi; 11. Does culture shape the professional self? An exploration of teachers' narratives Emanuela Confalonieri and Sarah Miragoli; 12. Commentary: exploring symbolic spaces: writing, narrative, and art Jens Brockmeier and Bruce D. Homer; Concluding remarks Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri and Antonella Marchetti.

Alessandro Antonietti is a Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy. Emanuela Confalonieri is a Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy. Antonella Marchetti is a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.

'Renowned authors unite to bridge cognitive psychology and sociocultural psychology, offering us a wealth of research data and theoretical insights.' Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Introduction Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri and Antonella Marchetti; Part I. Representation and Metarepresentations: 1. Social development and the development of social representations: two sides of the same coin? Felice Carugati and Patrizia Selleri; 2. Learning from multimedia artifacts: the role of metacognition Alessandro Antonietti and Barbara Colombo; 3. Theory of mind in typical and atypical developmental settings: some considerations from a contextual perspective Antonella Marchetti, Ilaria Castelli, Giulia Cavalli, Eleonora Di Terlizzi, Flavia Lecciso, Barbara Lucchini, Davide Massaro, Serena Petrocchi and Annalisa Valle; 4. The use of metacognitive language in story retelling: the intersection between theory of mind and story comprehension Janette Pelletier, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher and Antoinette Doyle; 5. Language access and theory of mind reasoning: evidence from deaf children in bilingual and oralist environments Marek Meristo, Kerstin W. Falkman, Erland Hjelmquist, Mariantonia Tedoldi, Luca Surian and Michael Siegal; 6. Commentary: aspects and perspectives of research into metarepresentative thought Piergiorgio Battistelli; Part II. Narratives: 7. Narrative, culture, and psychology Jerome Bruner; 8. Schooling and literacy in mind and society David R. Olson; 9. Teaching writing to undergraduate psychology students as socialization to a genre Pietro Boscolo; 10. Exploring pictorial artworks: the role of intersubjectivity Federica Savazzi, Gabriella Gilli and Simona Ruggi; 11. Does culture shape the professional self? An exploration of teachers' narratives Emanuela Confalonieri and Sarah Miragoli; 12. Commentary: exploring symbolic spaces: writing, narrative, and art Jens Brockmeier and Bruce D. Homer; Concluding remarks Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri and Antonella Marchetti.

Alessandro Antonietti is a Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy. Emanuela Confalonieri is a Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy. Antonella Marchetti is a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.

'Renowned authors unite to bridge cognitive psychology and sociocultural psychology, offering us a wealth of research data and theoretical insights.' Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Introduction Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri and Antonella Marchetti; Part I. Representation and Metarepresentations: 1. Social development and the development of social representations: two sides of the same coin? Felice Carugati and Patrizia Selleri; 2. Learning from multimedia artifacts: the role of metacognition Alessandro Antonietti and Barbara Colombo; 3. Theory of mind in typical and atypical developmental settings: some considerations from a contextual perspective Antonella Marchetti, Ilaria Castelli, Giulia Cavalli, Eleonora Di Terlizzi, Flavia Lecciso, Barbara Lucchini, Davide Massaro, Serena Petrocchi and Annalisa Valle; 4. The use of metacognitive language in story retelling: the intersection between theory of mind and story comprehension Janette Pelletier, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher and Antoinette Doyle; 5. Language access and theory of mind reasoning: evidence from deaf children in bilingual and oralist environments Marek Meristo, Kerstin W. Falkman, Erland Hjelmquist, Mariantonia Tedoldi, Luca Surian and Michael Siegal; 6. Commentary: aspects and perspectives of research into metarepresentative thought Piergiorgio Battistelli; Part II. Narratives: 7. Narrative, culture, and psychology Jerome Bruner; 8. Schooling and literacy in mind and society David R. Olson; 9. Teaching writing to undergraduate psychology students as socialization to a genre Pietro Boscolo; 10. Exploring pictorial artworks: the role of intersubjectivity Federica Savazzi, Gabriella Gilli and Simona Ruggi; 11. Does culture shape the professional self? An exploration of teachers' narratives Emanuela Confalonieri and Sarah Miragoli; 12. Commentary: exploring symbolic spaces: writing, narrative, and art Jens Brockmeier and Bruce D. Homer; Concluding remarks Alessandro Antonietti, Emanuela Confalonieri and Antonella Marchetti.