Mindblindness by Simon Baron-Cohen

Mindblindness by Simon Baron-Cohen

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."

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ISBN 13	9780262522250
ISBN 10	026252225X
Title	Mindblindness
Author	Simon Baron-Cohen
Series	Mindblindness
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	1997-01-22
Number of pages	198
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