Burnel Morgane

Publications HAL

Muyu Zhou, Yi Esther Su, Morgane Burnel, Xiaying Chu, Li Li, et al.. Theory of mind acquisition in Chinese children: insights from the low-verbal perspective. Current Psychology, 2026, 45 (2), pp.119. ⟨10.1007/s12144-025-08642-w⟩. ⟨hal-05469982⟩
Muyu Zhou, Yi Esther Su, Morgane Burnel, Xiaying Chu, Wenwen Hou, et al.. Theory of mind in Chinese autistic children: Evidence for a delayed and unexpectedly deviant pattern. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2026, 129, pp.202747. ⟨10.1016/j.reia.2025.202747⟩. ⟨hal-05377119⟩
Morgane Burnel, Stéphanie Durrleman, Anne Reboul, Jean Pylouster, Monica Baciu, et al.. Children With ASD Do Not Understand Hidden Emotions Before False Belief Attribution. Autism Research, 2025, 19 (2), pp.e70170. ⟨10.1002/aur.70170⟩. ⟨hal-05432417⟩
Yann Dyoniziak, Anna Potocki, Morgane Burnel, Mônica Macedo-Rouet, Jean-François Rouet. Advanced theory of mind predicts adolescents’ evaluation of source benevolence while reading. Computers in Human Behavior, 2025, 165, pp.108552. ⟨10.1016/j.chb.2024.108552⟩. ⟨hal-05384372⟩
Cynthia Boggio, Marie-Line Bosse, Alexis Favre-Félix, Céline Pobel-Burtin, Morgane Burnel, et al.. Enhancing literacy acquisition through spelling exercises: Comparing tasks for first graders. Journal of Educational Research, 2023, 116 (4), pp.187-197. ⟨10.1080/00220671.2023.2233000⟩. ⟨hal-04237579⟩
Stephanie Durrleman, Morgane Burnel, Jill Gibson de Villiers, Evelyne Thommen, Rachel Yan, et al.. The Impact of Grammar on Mentalizing: A Training Study Including Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, 10, ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02478⟩. ⟨hal-05377166⟩
Morgane Burnel, Marcela Perrone-Bertolotti, Anne Reboul, Monica Baciu, Stephanie Durrleman. Reducing the Language Content in ToM Tests: A Developmental Scale.. Developmental Psychology, 2018, 54 (2), pp.293-307. ⟨10.1037/dev0000429⟩. ⟨hal-01676196⟩
Morgane Clémentine Burnel, Marcela Perrone-Bertolotti, Stephanie Durrleman, Anne C. Reboul, Monica Baciu. Role of Two Types of Syntactic Embedding in Belief Attribution in Adults with or without Asperger Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychology, 2017, 8, pp.743 - 743. ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00743⟩. ⟨hal-01569016⟩
Stephanie Durrleman, Morgane Burnel, Anne Reboul. Theory of mind in SLI revisited: links with syntax, comparisons with ASD. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2017, ⟨10.1111/1460-6984.12317⟩. ⟨hal-01569300⟩

Morgane Burnel, Lauriane Véron-Delor. Corrélation entre traits autistiques et maladies du tissu conjonctif : une étude en ligne chez 642 adultes. 19ème journées GREPACO, May 2024, Toulouse, France. . ⟨hal-05534612⟩

Research team

Thèmes de recherche

My main topics of research are Theory-of-Mind and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). During my PhD I studied the impact of embedded sentences and executive functions on typical and atypical development of Theory-of-Mind.

After my PhD, I studied the relations between Visual Perspective Taking (VPT) and Theory-of-Mind. Generally speaking, I am interested in school inclusion and the dimensional approach to psychopathologies.

My most recent projects link these topics to written language: inclusive writing in French and dyslexia, links between Theory-of-Mind and narratives.

keywords: Theory-of-Mind ; Autism ; Inclusion ; Narratives ; Visual Perspective Taking ; Inclusive writing

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Publications selected

Burnel, M., Durrleman, S., Reboul, A., Carré, A., Baciu, M., & Perrone‐Bertolotti, M. (2021). Theory‐of‐mind during childhood: Investigating syntactic and executive contributions. Social Development, 30(1), 73-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12471 (Q1 Scimago)

Durrleman, S., Burnel, M., De Villiers, J. G., Thommen, E., Yan, R., & Delage, H. (2019). The impact of grammar on mentalizing: a training study including children with autism spectrum disorder and developmental language disorder. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 2478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02478 (Q1 Scimago)

Burnel, M., Perrone-Bertolotti, M., Reboul, A., Baciu, M., & Durrleman, S. (2018). Reducing the language content in ToM tests: A developmental scale. Developmental psychology, 54(2), 293. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000429 (Q1 Scimago)

Burnel, M. C., Perrone-Bertolotti, M., Durrleman, S., Reboul, A. C., & Baciu, M. (2017). Role of two types of syntactic embedding in belief attribution in adults with or without Asperger syndrome. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 743. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00743 (Q1 Scimago)

Durrleman, S., Burnel, M., & Reboul, A. (2017). Theory of mind in SLI revisited: links with syntax, comparisons with ASD. International journal of language & communication disorders, 52(6), 816-830. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12317 (Q1 Scimago)

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