Mindblindness
An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
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 de…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-262-52225-0
- EAN: 9780262522250
- Produktnummer: 9341988
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.0 cm 286 g
- Gewicht: 286
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
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.
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