Journal
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 65-72Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.11.007
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- Autism Science Foundation [13-1002]
- Conte Center grant from NIMH [P50MH094258]
- Mathers Foundation
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Usage of the term 'theory of mind' (ToM) has exploded across fields ranging from developmental psychology to social neuroscience and psychiatry research. However, its meaning is often vague and inconsistent, its biological bases are a subject of debate, and the methods used to study it are highly heterogeneous. Most crucially, its original definition does not permit easy downward translation to more basic processes such as those studied by behavioral neuroscience, leaving the interpretation of neuroimaging results opaque. We argue for a reformulation of ToM through a systematic two-stage approach, beginning with a deconstruction of the construct into a comprehensive set of basic component processes, followed by a complementary reconstruction from which a scientifically tractable concept of ToM can be recovered.
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