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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262023849

ISBN-139780262023849

eBay Product ID (ePID)71560

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Book TitleMindblindness : an Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind

Number of Pages198 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicMind & Body, Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

IllustratorYes

GenrePhilosophy, Science, Psychology

AuthorSimon Baron-Cohen

Book SeriesLearning, Development and Conceptual Change Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN94-036470

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal616.89/82

SynopsisIn 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, 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, This text presents a model of the evolution and development of mindreading. It argues that we mindread all the time, automatically and, for the most part, unconsciously. It is the natural way in which we interpret, predict and participate in social behaviour and communication. People ascribe mental states to other people, states such as thoughts, desires, knowledge and intentions.

LC Classification NumberBF444.B37 1995