Submentalizing: I Am Not Really Reading Your Mind

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-143

  Heyes, Cecilia ^a  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automatic processing; false belief; mentalizing; mindreading; perspective taking; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897723743     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691613518076     Document Type: Article

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