Understanding Other Minds

Like the first edition, this completely updated and revised text still focuses on the "theory of mind" hypothesis--an important new psychological approach to autism-- and provides an invaluable discussion about the nature of what is widely recognized as the most severe childhood psychological disorder. But it provides expanded coverage of evolution and new sections on infancy, ...

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Like the first edition, this completely updated and revised text still focuses on the "theory of mind" hypothesis--an important new psychological approach to autism-- and provides an invaluable discussion about the nature of what is widely recognized as the most severe childhood psychological disorder. But it provides expanded coverage of evolution and new sections on infancy, neurobiology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor in Developmental Psychopathology and Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, is the author of "Mindblindness" (MIT Press, 1997) and "The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male and Female Mind".

Tager-Flusberg is Research University Professor at the University of Massachusetts and Senior Scientist in the Psychol...

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Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor in Developmental Psychopathology and Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, is the author of "Mindblindness" (MIT Press, 1997) and "The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male and Female Mind".

Tager-Flusberg is Research University Professor at the University of Massachusetts and Senior Scientist in the Psychological Sciences Division at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center.

List of contributors
Part 1: Theory of mind in normal development and autism
1. Theory of mind and autism: a fifteen year review , Simon Baron-Cohen
2. Developing understandings of mind , Henry M. Wellman and Kristin H. Lagattuta
3. Early theories of mind: what the theory theory can tell us about autism , Alison Gopnik, Lisa Capps, and Andrew N. Meltzoff
4. Autism: deficits in folk psychology exist alongside superiority in folk physics , Simon Baron-Cohen
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List of contributors
Part 1: Theory of mind in normal development and autism
1. Theory of mind and autism: a fifteen year review , Simon Baron-Cohen
2. Developing understandings of mind , Henry M. Wellman and Kristin H. Lagattuta
3. Early theories of mind: what the theory theory can tell us about autism , Alison Gopnik, Lisa Capps, and Andrew N. Meltzoff
4. Autism: deficits in folk psychology exist alongside superiority in folk physics , Simon Baron-Cohen
5. Language and theory of mind: what are the developmental relationships? , Jill de Villiers
6. Language and understanding minds: connections in autism , Helen Tager-Flusberg
7. Theory of mind and executive function: is there a developmental relationship? , Josef Perner and Birgit Lang
8. Pretending, imagery and self-awareness in autism , Paul L. Harris and Hilary J. Leevers
9. Parts and wholes, meaning and minds: central coherence and its relation to theory of mind , Francesca Happé
10. Aspects of autism that theory of mind cannot explain , Kate C. Plaisted
Part 2: Theory of mind: neurobiological aspects
11. The role of the frontal lobes and the amygdala in theory of mind , Valerie E. Stone
12. How can studies of the monkey brain help us to understand 'theory of mind' and autism in humans? , Nathan J. Emery and David I. Perrett
13. Cerebral lateralization and theory of mind , Hiram Brownell et al.
14. The physiological basis of theory of mind: functional neuroimaging studies , Chris Frith and Uta Frith
15. Theory of mind in action: developmental perspectives on social neuroscience , Ami Klin, Robert Schultz, and Donald J. Cohen
Part 3: Theory of mind: clinical aspects
16. Theory of mind in other clinical conditions: is a selective 'theory of mind' deficit exclusive to autism? , Rhiannon Corcoran
17. Theory of mind and the early diagnosis of autism , Tony Charman
18. Teaching theory of mind to individuals with autism , John Swettenham
Part 4: Theory of mind: anthropological and evolutionary issues
19. Do chimpanzees use their gestures to instruct each other , Daniel J. Povinelli and Daniela K. O'Neill
20. Palaeoanthropological perspectives on the theory of mind , Steven Mithen
21. Culture and understanding other minds , Penelope G. Vinden and Janet Wilde Astington
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