Understanding Other Minds Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

by Baron-Cohen, Simon; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Cohen, Donald J.

• ISBN13: 9780198524458
• ISBN10: 0198524455
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Like the first edition, this completely updated and revised text still focuses on the "theory of mind" hypothesis--an important new psychological approach to autism-- and provides an invaluable discussion about the nature of what is widely recognized as the most severe childhood psychological disorder. But it provides expanded coverage of evolution and new sections on infancy, neurobiology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	xvii
Part I: Theory of mind in normal development and autism
Theory of mind and autism: a fifteen year review	3	(18)
Simon Baron-Cohen
Developing understandings of mind	21	(29)
Henry M. Wellman
Kristin H. Lagattuta
Early theories of mind: what the theory theory can tell us about autism	50	(23)
Alison Gopnik
Lisa Capps
Andrew N. Meltzoff
Autism: deficits in folk psychology exist alongside superiority in folk physics	73	(10)
Simon Baron-Cohen
Language and theory of mind: what are the developmental relationships?	83	(41)
Jill de Villiers
Language and understanding minds: connections in autism	124	(26)
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Theory of mind and executive function: is there a developmental relationship?	150	(32)
Josef Perner
Birgit Lang
Pretending, imagery and self-awareness in autism	182	(21)
Paul L. Harris
Hilary J. Leevers
Parts and wholes, meaning and minds: central coherence and its relation to theory of mind	203	(19)
Francesca Happe
Aspects of autism that theory of mind cannot explain	222	(31)
Kate C. Plaisted
Part 2: Theory of mind: neurobiological aspects
The role of the frontal lobes and the amygdala in theory of mind	253	(21)
Valerie E. Stone
How can studies of the monkey brain help us to understand `theory of mind' and autism in humans?	274	(32)
Nathan J. Emery
David I. Perrett
Cerebral lateralization and theory of mind	306	(28)
Hiram Brownell
Richard Griffin
Ellen Winner
Ori Friedman
Francesca Happe
The physiological basis of theory of mind: functional neuroimaging studies	334	(23)
Chris Frith
Uta Frith
Theory of mind in action: developmental perspectives on social neuroscience	357	(34)
Ami Klin
Robert Schultz
Donald J. Cohen
Part 3: Theory of mind: clinical aspects
Theory of mind in other clinical conditions: is a selective `theory of mind' deficit exclusive to autism?	391	(31)
Rhiannon Corcoran
Theory of mind and the early diagnosis of autism	422	(20)
Tony Charman
Teaching theory of mind to individuals with autism	442	(17)
John Swettenham
Part 4: Theory of mind: anthropological and evolutionary issues
Do chimpanzees use their gestures to instruct each other?	459	(29)
Daniel J. Povinelli
Daniela K. O'Neill
Palaeoanthropological perspectives on the theory of mind	488	(15)
Steven Mithen
Culture and understanding other minds	503	(18)
Penelope G. Vinden
Janet Wilde Astington
Index	521