@article{languagestatisticsandfalsebeliefreasonin, title = {Language Statistics and False Belief Reasoning: Evidence from 41 Open-Weight LMs}, author = {Sean Trott and Samuel Taylor and Cameron Jones and James A. Michaelov and Pamela D. Rivière}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2602.16085}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16085}, }