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Direct linkSantiesteban, Idalmis; White, Sarah; Cook, Jennifer; Gilbert, Sam J.; Heyes, Cecilia; Bird, Geoffrey – Cognition, 2012
Evidence for successful socio-cognitive training in typical adults is rare. This study attempted to improve Theory of Mind (ToM) and visual perspective taking in healthy adults by training participants to either imitate or to inhibit imitation. Twenty-four hours after training, all participants completed tests of ToM and visual perspective taking.…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Evidence, Imitation, Perspective Taking
Eye Movements Reveal the Time-Course of Anticipating Behaviour Based on Complex, Conflicting Desires
Ferguson, Heather J.; Breheny, Richard – Cognition, 2011
The time-course of representing others' perspectives is inconclusive across the currently available models of ToM processing. We report two visual-world studies investigating how knowledge about a character's basic preferences (e.g. "Tom's favourite colour is pink") and higher-order desires (his wish to keep this preference secret) compete to…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Personality, Human Body, Language Processing
