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There's also Justin Barret, who is a cognitive psychologist and a Christian theist, who grapples with Theory of the Mind in his books "Why Would Anyone Believe in God?" and "Born Believers: The Science of Children's Religious Belief"
Several years back he had a discussion with another Cognitive Psychologist as part of the Veritas forum on "Faith, Psychology, and the origin of belief" which you may find interesting (and this one, unlike the books, is free!).
It's some coincidence (or providence depending on your beliefs) that I was just listening to that Veritas recording today. I got it months ago off of iTunes and just so happened to read your circlebroke post right after.
It's highly relevant.
Pretty much anything you read in Cognitive Science of Religion will cover this. Nascent theism is as basic to CSR as Darwinism is to evolution.
Overview of the field
Book
You can also just google "Cognitive Science of Religion" and "infants" and read as much.
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Believers-Science-Childrens-Religious/dp/1439196540
Lots of studies are covered is in this book by Justin Barrett who is probably the leading researcher, now at Fuller Theological Seminary and previously at Oxford University. He's a Christian, but most scholars in the field are atheist. He gives an overview of the field in this video. You can also just google "the naturalness of religion." Pascal Boyer is an atheist, but holds pretty much the same view. I'm not sure if there are scientists in CSR who don't think religion is somehow "natural" to our cognitive processes.
Who are the philosophers of mind you're invoking to make the premise of your argument?
I really appreciate all the work your doing here. From what you said I realized I may be falling off topic a bit and not properly explaining myself. I am going to take a break to reset.
These are the links I was referring to. I added all the links to the OP. But I didn't want to leave you in the dark.
Does cognitive science show belief in god to be irrational? The epistemic consequences of the cognitive science of religion
Born Believers: The Science of Children's Religious Belief
Children Tend to Believe in God
I have you not going to find any of those useful though.