THE PRIOR QUESTION - DO HUMAN PRIMATES HAVE A THEORY OF MIND

Authors
GORDON RM
Citation
Rm. Gordon, THE PRIOR QUESTION - DO HUMAN PRIMATES HAVE A THEORY OF MIND, Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(1), 1998, pp. 120
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:1<120:TPQ-DH>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Given Heyes's construal of ''theory of mind,'' there is still no convi ncing evidence of theory of mind in human primates, much less nonhuman . Rather than making unfounded assumptions about what underlies human social competence, one should ask what mechanisms other primates have and then inquire whether more sophisticated elaborations of those migh t not account for much of human competence.