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False-belief Test |
An experimental procedure that assesses whether a perceiver recognizes that another person has a false belief—a belief that contradicts reality. |
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Intention |
An agent’s mental state of committing to perform an action that the agent believes will bring about a desired outcome. |
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Theory of mind |
The human capacity to understand minds, a capacity that is made up of a collection of concepts (e.g., agent, intentionality) and processes (e.g., goal detection, imitation, empathy, perspective taking). |
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Visual perspective taking |
Can refer to visual perspective taking (perceiving something from another person’s spatial vantage point) or more generally to effortful mental state inference (trying to infer the other person’s thoughts, desires, emotions). |
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Simulation |
The process of representing the other person’s mental state |
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Intentionality |
The quality of an agent’s performing a behavior intentionally—that is, with skill and awareness and executing an intention (which is in turn based on a desire and relevant beliefs). |
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Psychophysics |
The scientific study of the relationship between stimuli (specified in physical terms) and the sensations and perceptions evoked by these stimuli. |
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Introspection |
the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes. |
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Consciousness |
The state of being aware of one's surroundings |
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Structuralism |
a method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience that focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system that reflect patterns underlying a superficial diversity. |
