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Mindblindness : An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind

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Format Paperback / Softback
Book Series Mindblindness
ISBN-10 026252225X
ISBN-13 9780262522250
Publisher MIT Press Ltd
Imprint MIT Press
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jan 22nd, 1997
Print length 198 Pages
Weight 286 grams
Dimensions 23.20 x 16.10 x 1.00 cms
Ksh 5,750.00
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In Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading." He argues that we mindread all the time, effortlessly, automatically, and mostly unconsciously. It is the natural way in which we interpret, predict, and participate in social behavior and communication. We ascribe mental states to people: states such as thoughts, desires, knowledge, and intentions.

Building on many years of research, Baron-Cohen concludes that children with autism, suffer from "mindblindness" as a result of a selective impairment in mindreading. For these children, the world is essentially devoid of mental things.

Baron-Cohen develops a theory that draws on data from comparative psychology, from developmental, and from neuropsychology. He argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that allow us to mindread, to make sense of actions, to interpret gazes as meaningful, and to decode "the language of the eyes."

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