On what ground do we mentalize? Characteristics of current tasks and sources of information that contribute to mentalizing judgments

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-126

  Achim, Amélie M ^a   Guitton, Matthieu ^a   Jackson, Philip L ^a   Boutin, Andrée ^a   Monetta, Laura ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

8 SIF; Attributions; Ecological validity; Eight sources of information framework; Mentalizing; Social cognition; Task development; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EIGHT SOURCES OF INFORMATION FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY OF MIND; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84875333354     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029137     Document Type: Article

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