Know yourself and you shall know the other... to a certain extent: Multiple paths of influence of self-reflection on mindreading

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 778-789

  Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^a   Lysaker, Paul H ^b   Carcione, Antonino ^a   Nicolò, Giuseppe ^a   Semerari, Antonio ^a  

^a Terzo Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentalizing; Metacognition; Mindreading; Narcissistic Personality Disorders; Schizophrenia; Self reflection; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MINDREADING; NARCISSISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REFLECTION; SIMULATION; SKILL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PROJECTION THEORY; THEORY; THINKING;

AWARENESS; COGNITION; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 47149085675     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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