Representing metarepresentations: Is there Theory of Mind-specific cognition?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 244-254

  Egeth, Marc ^a   Kurzban, Robert ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Evolution; Meta; Metacognition; Metarepresentation; Module; Representation; Representational; Social; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE BELIEF TEST; FALSE PHOTOGRAPH TEST; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; HUMANS; INTENTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 62749100625     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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