Empirical evidence indicates that understanding cause and effect, including causal inference and counterfactual reasoning, is closely intertwined with an individual's theory of mind.
The claim states that cause and effect is part of an individual's theory of mind. Paper [0] directly connects theory of mind tasks with causal inference deficits, and Paper [4] links counterfactual and causal understanding with making sense of others' minds. Therefore, the retrieved evidence supports the claim.