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This text argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that result in mindreading, an ability to interpret, for the most part unconsciously, non-verbal actions. It suggests that autistic children suffer from mindblindness due to selective developmental impairment in mindreading.
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Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen
- Language
- Released
- 1997
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Mindblindness
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Simon Baron-Cohen
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 197
- ISBN10
- 026252225X
- ISBN13
- 9780262522250
- Series
- Tags
- Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Science, Neuroscience, Brain, Autism, Cognitive Sciences
- Original title
- Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- This text argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that result in mindreading, an ability to interpret, for the most part unconsciously, non-verbal actions. It suggests that autistic children suffer from mindblindness due to selective developmental impairment in mindreading.