Tag Archives: theory of mind

December 15, 2017   Research

“I forgot what you thought” : theory of mind abilities in Alzheimer’s disease

“Theory of mind” or ToM is a critical aspect of what is called social cognition, a set of neurocognitive processes allowing us to have normal social interactions. Named because humans are assumed to make “theory” on other’s

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December 19, 2015   Research

Mental files and belief

Children pass one batch of “perspective tasks” around age 4 and another batch around age 6. Kids who pass one task in a batch usually pass them all. What changes when children pass batch 1 tasks, and

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