What is a self? Does it exist in reality or is it a mere social construct—or is it perhaps a
neurologically induced illusion? The legitimacy of the concept of the self has been …

Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings–but are children?
When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children's …

'The author of this excellent new book states in the preface that she intended to" provide an
account of autism that people with little or no specialist knowledge will find comprehensible …

Representation is a pivotal concept in cognitive science, yet there is a serious obstacle to a
naturalistic account of representations' semantic content and intentionality. A representation …

Set-shifting is an important aspect of human cognition: The ability to shift cognitive sets is
necessary for flexibility in thought and action, for example, for being able to switch between …

Over the past couple of decades, we have seen a tremendous explosion of research
concerning the human's capacity to engage in episodes of pretense. One of the most …

The question to what extent other people are like us, or not like us, probably appears as a
particularly odd question to the general public. Even a hasty reflection reveals that people …

Autism is diagnosed according to three core impairments; communication, socialisation and
imagination. Imagination deficits have typically received less attention in the literature than …

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