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Understanding other minds : perspectives from developmental social neuroscience / edited by Simon Baron-Cohen, Helen Tager-Flusberg, Michael V. Lombardo; Professor Ian Apperly [and forty-six others] ; conributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nervous system--Development.
- Nervous system.
- Children with disabilities--Development.
- Children with disabilities.
- Autism in children.
- Philosophy of mind in children.
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- Theory of Mind.
- Autistic Disorder.
- Neurosciences.
- Child Development.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- Theory of Mind.
- Autistic Disorder.
- Neurosciences.
- Child Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (686 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of others, and to reflect on the contents of our own mindsa theory of mind (ToM).The four sections of the book cover developmental, cultural, and neurobiological approaches to ToM across different populations and species.
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Section 1 Development and cognition; 1 Early manifestations of mindreading; 2 Learning about the mind from evidence: Children's development of intuitive theories of perception and personality; 3 Teleology: Belief as perspective; 4 Theory of mind, development, and deafness; 5 Can theory of mind grow up? Mindreading in adults, and its implications for the development and neuroscience of mindreading; 6 Mind attribution is for morality; 7 Issues in the measurement of judgmental accuracy
- Section 2 Neural systems and mechanisms8 Brain electrophysiological studies of theory of mind; 9 Functional neuroimaging of theory of mind; 10 Theory of mind: Insights from patients with acquired brain damage; 11 Understanding emotional and cognitive empathy: A neuropsychological perspective; 12 Empathy and the brain; 13 Neural sources of empathy: An evolving story; 14 Mirror neuron system and social cognition; 15 The mirror mechanism: Understanding others from the inside; 16 Social neuropeptides in the human brain: Oxytocin and social behavior
- 17 Prenatal and postnatal testosterone effects on human social and emotional behavior18 Understanding the genetics of empathy and the autistic spectrum; Section 3 Psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurological disorders; 19 Theory of mind in deaf children: Illuminating the relative roles of language and executive functioning in the development of social cognition; 20 Social cognition in individuals with psychopathic tendencies; 21 Two systems for action comprehension in autism: Mirroring and mentalizing; 22 Autism: Self and others
- 23 A review of theory of mind interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum conditionsSection 4 Comparative and philosophical perspectives; 24 Culture and the evolution of interconnected minds; 25 Mindreading by simulation: The roles of imagination and mirroring; 26 Mindreading the self; Index; Footnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-166879-6
- 0-19-166880-X
- 1-306-22485-3
- OCLC:
- 861559169
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