We propose that the crucial difference between human cognition and that of other species is
the ability to participate with others in collaborative activities with shared goals and …

This article contains the argument that the human ability to travel mentally in time constitutes
a discontinuity between ourselves and other animals. Mental time travel comprises the …

We send money to help famine victims halfway around the world. We campaign to save
whales and oceans. We stay up all night to comfort a friend with a broken relationship …

This article introduces the concepts of parental meta-emotion, which refers to parents'
emotions about their own and their children's emotions, and meta-emotion philosophy …

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of
humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology …

Soon after Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution, primate cognition became a
major area of research. In this book, Michael Tomasello and Josep Call assess the current …

What, exactly, do children understand about the mind? And when does that understanding
first emerge? In this groundbreaking book, Karen Bartsch and Henry Wellman answer these …

Students of empathy can seem a cantankerous lot. Although they typically agree that
empathy is important, they often disagree about why it is important, about what effects it has …

This book describes research on the emotional communication between parents and
children and its effect on the children's emotional development. Inspired by the work, and …

* What is narrative psychology?* How is the experience of'self'linked to language, narratives
and other people?* What is the role of time, morality, power and control in the construction of …