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Theory of mind

WIREs Cognitive Science, 2013
AbstractTheory of mind and its development has been a significantly important—and challenging—topic of research in cognitive science for three decades. This review summarizes our knowledge of when and how children come to understand their own and others' minds, including the developmental timetable, old and new measures, and foundational skills in ...
Stephanie M, Carlson   +2 more
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Applying 'Theory of Mind': Theory and Experiments

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
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Erik O. Kimbrough   +2 more
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Theories of Theories of Mind

Mind & Language, 1996
Theories of Theories of Mind brings together contributions by a distinguished international team of philosophers, psychologists, and primatologists, who between them address such questions as: what is it to understand the thoughts, feelings, and intentions of other people? How does such an understanding develop in the normal child? Why, unusually, does
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Theory of Mind

2020
Recent research on theory of mind (ToM) provides insights into challenges to learning and cognition in both children and adults. This chapter reviews the literature on ToM in general, focusing on the areas of difference from the viewpoint of ToM as a way to understand the challenges to learning and cognition in deaf and hard-of-hearing learners.
Stacey L. Tucci, Susan R. Easterbrooks
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Unauthorized Minds: How “Theory of Mind” Theory Misrepresents Autism

Mental Retardation, 2005
Recent representations of autism frequently include an assumption that autism is the result of a "theory of mind" deficit (i.e., an inability to understand others' mental states). This notion is examined using a social constructionist perspective. The belief that autism is a sort of "mind-blindness" has much in common with earlier representations of ...
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Theory of Mind

2009
The ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others is fundamental to human cognition and social behavior. Research on the development of a Theory of Mind in childhood indicates a two-step developmental sequence of desire-understanding and belief-understanding in preschool age.
Beate Sodian, Susanne Kristen
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Theory of Mind

2021
This book deals with the problem of human reason and thinking from a somewhat unexpected angle. Its main idea is that both are the product of evolution, and therefore they bear the imprint of their history, and they are mostly reduced to them, although they are not entirely limited to them.
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Theory of Mind

Cutting Edge Psychiatry in Practice, 2014
The ‘theory of mind’ deficit account explains social and communication problems in autism as resulting from difficulty tracking others’ thoughts. In this article I briefly describe the nature, history and implications of this influential account. The notion that people with autism show a sort of ‘mindblindness’ refined our understanding of their social-
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Theory of mind

2015
Tasks devised to assess theory of mind abilities are considered. The findings from neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies are discussed as evidence for localization of theory of mind processes in frontal subregions. Evidence for the influence of healthy adult aging on theory of mind is also described.
Sarah E. MacPherson   +4 more
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