Precursors of social intelligence. To-date, theoretical frameworks such as those which postulate that a Theory of Mind works as a modular component of human social behaviour generate increasing focus on early social perception and more specifically on early premices of attribution of intentionality. Experimental paradigms which simulate non-contingent communication have recently shown the early expectancies for social contingency of familiar partners. Expecting contingency may be considered as a first milestone in the development of a capacity to attribute intentionality to others. We will show that two main stages may be distinguished in the understanding of persons as intentional. As early as 2 months of age, infants detect mother’s non-c...