The felt presence of other minds: Predictive processing, counterfactual predictions, and mentalising in autism

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 376-389

  Palmer, Colin J ^a   Seth, Anil K ^b   Hohwy, Jakob ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active inference; Autism; Counterfactuals; Mentalising; Predictive coding; Presence; Social cognition; Theory of mind; Veridicality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COUNTERFACTUAL PREDICTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

EID: 84949624116     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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