It is widely believed that people have privileged and authoritative access to their own
thoughts, and many theories have been proposed to explain this supposed fact. The Opacity …

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award (Academic Monograph category)
2013! Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in …

Autism is currently defined in terms of a core set of behaviours, including difficulties in social
reciprocity and communication, and limitations in behavioural flexibility. In the past three …

This article suggests that an account of pretence based on the idea of shared intentionality
can be of help in understanding autism. In autism, there seems to be a strong link between …

The standard view in philosophy and psychology claims that mentalizing is necessary and
sufficient for social understanding. Mentalizing (also known as" mindreading") is the name …

Mijn thesis zou nooit geworden zijn wat hij nu is zonder mijn begeleidster L. Meers
(Vakgroep Voeding, Genetica en Ethologie; Laboratorium voor Ethologie). Zij bleef in mij …

Abstract Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASCs) are marked by social-communicative
difficulties and unusually fixed or repetitive interests, activities, and behaviors (American …