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Social-affective origins of mindreading and metacognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Philippe Rochat
Philippe Rochat
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. [email protected]
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Abstract

The engineer's look at how the mind works omits a central piece of the puzzle. It ignores the dynamic of motivations and the social context in which mindreading and metacognition evolved and developed in the first place. Mindreading and metacognition derive from a primacy of affective mindreading and meta-affectivity (e.g., secondary emotions such as shame or pride), both co-emerging in early development.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 160 - 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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