Great apes use self-experience to anticipate an agent’s action in a false-belief test [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

Human social life depends on theory of mind, the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others. A signature of theory of mind, false belief understanding, requires representing others’ views of the world, even when they conflict with one’s own. After decades of research, it remains controversial whether any...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - October 14, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Fumihiro Kano, Christopher Krupenye, Satoshi Hirata, Masaki Tomonaga, Josep Call Tags: Social Sciences Source Type: research