The mentalistic basis of core social cognition: experiments in preverbal infants and a computational model
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Kiley Hamlin, J.
Goodman, Noah
Ullman, Tomer David
Tenenbaum, Joshua B
Baker, Christopher Lawrence
Date Issued
February 2013
Journal
Developmental Science
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Kiley Hamlin, J. et al.“The Mentalistic Basis of Core Social Cognition: Experiments in Preverbal Infants and a Computational Model.” Developmental Science 16, 2 (February 2013): 209–226 © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Abstract
Evaluating individuals based on their pro- and anti-social behaviors is fundamental to successful human interaction. Recent research suggests that even preverbal infants engage in social evaluation; however, it remains an open question whether infants' judgments are driven uniquely by an analysis of the mental states that motivate others' helpful and unhelpful actions, or whether non-mentalistic inferences are at play. Here we present evidence from 10-month-olds, motivated and supported by a Bayesian computational model, for mentalistic social evaluation in the first year of life. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at http://youtu.be/rD_Ry5oqCYE
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1111/DESC.12017
