Abstract Theory of mind is the human conceptual capacity to understand other people as
agents who have subjective mental states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions. It is the …

Our reliance on our group members has exerted a profound influence over our motivation:
successful group functioning requires that we are motivated to interact, and engage, with …

There is disagreement in the literature about the exact nature of the phenomenon of
empathy. There are emotional, cognitive, and conditioning views, applying in varying …

Abstract Dialogical Self Theory studies the self as a “society of mind.” It is neither a mini-
theory nor a grand theory, but rather a “bridging theory.” As such it crosses the divisive …

The dialogical self proposes a far-reaching decentralization of both the concept of self and
the concept of culture. At the intersection between the psychology of the self in the tradition …

My goal in writing this book has been to convey the principles and issues of
psycholinguistics in a straightforward and accessible manner. The field, although principally …

Although theories of early social development emphasize the advantage of mother-infant
rhythmic coupling and bidirectional coordination, empirical demonstrations remain sparse …

In this chapter, the author aims to make the case that the roots of human sociality lie in a
special capacity for social interaction, which itself holds the key to human evolution, the …

When do children become aware of themselves as differentiated and unique entity in the
world? When and how do they become self-aware? Based on some recent empirical …

Cognitive developmental robotics (CDR) aims to provide new understanding of how
human's higher cognitive functions develop by means of a synthetic approach that …