Mindblindness : An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind (Mindblindness)

Baron-Cohen, Simon/ Cosmides, Leda (FRW)/ Tooby, John (FRW)

MIT Press（1997/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 198 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780262522250
• DDC分類 153.4

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1995. Presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading". The author argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that allow us to mindread, to make sense of actions, and more.

Full Description

In Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading." He argues that we mindread all the time, effortlessly, automatically, and mostly unconsciously. It is the natural way in which we interpret, predict, and participate in social behavior and communication. We ascribe mental states to people: states such as thoughts, desires, knowledge, and intentions.Building on many years of research, Baron-Cohen concludes that children with autism, suffer from "mindblindness" as a result of a selective impairment in mindreading. For these children, the world is essentially devoid of mental things.Baron-Cohen develops a theory that draws on data from comparative psychology, from developmental, and from neuropsychology. He argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that allow us to mindread, to make sense of actions, to interpret gazes as meaningful, and to decode "the language of the eyes."A Bradford Book

Contents

Mindblindness and mindreading; evolutionary psychology and social chess; mindreading - nature's choice; developing mindreading - the four steps; autism and mindblindness; how brains read minds; the language of the eyes; mindreading - back to the future.