Understanding Other Minds Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Name: Understanding Other Minds Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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ISBN: 9780198524458

ISBN-10: 0198524455

ISBN-13: 9780198524458

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Simon Baron-Cohen, Helen Tager-Flusberg, Donald J. Cohen

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It has been nearly 10 years since the material for the original edition of this book was prepared. During that time, there has been dramatic growth in the fields of theory of mind, autism, and cognitive neuroscience. This new edition includes a whole section on the cognitive neuroscience of "mind-reading", bringing together varied research methods such as functional neuro-imaging, single cell recording, and neuropsychology. In addition, there is expanded coverage of primate studies and the evolution of a theory of mind, and new information relating theory of mind in clinical populations other than autism, such as schizophrenia. The original section on normal development has been updated, as…

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List price: $98.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/16/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.61" wide x 9.45" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

He is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology in the Yale Child Study Center, is a child & adolescent psychiatrist & psychoanalyst & the Director of the Yale Child Study Center.



List of contributors



Theory of mind in normal development and autism



Theory of mind and autism: a fifteen year review




Developing understandings of mind




Early theories of mind: what the theory theory can tell us about autism




Autism: deficits in folk psychology exist alongside superiority in folk physics




Language and theory of mind: what are the developmental relationships?




Language and understanding minds: connections in autism




Theory of mind and executive function: is there a developmental relationship?




Pretending, imagery and self-awareness in autism




Parts and wholes, meaning and minds: central coherence and its relation to theory of mind




Aspects of autism that theory of mind cannot explain




Theory of mind: neurobiological aspects



The role of the frontal lobes and the amygdala in theory of mind




How can studies of the monkey brain help us to understand 'theory of mind' and autism in humans?




Cerebral lateralization and theory of mind




The physiological basis of theory of mind: functional neuroimaging studies




Theory of mind in action: developmental perspectives on social neuroscience




Theory of mind: clinical aspects



Theory of mind in other clinical conditions: is a selective 'theory of mind' deficit exclusive to autism?




Theory of mind and the early diagnosis of autism




Teaching theory of mind to individuals with autism




Theory of mind: anthropological and evolutionary issues



Do chimpanzees use their gestures to instruct each other




Palaeoanthropological perspectives on the theory of mind




Culture and understanding other minds



Index