Episodic foresight is the future‐directed counterpart of episodic memory. It is a sophisticated,
potentially uniquely human capacity, with tremendous adaptive consequences. Here we …

Humans' unique aptitude for reasoning about mental states, known as Theory of Mind (ToM),
can help explain the unique character of human communication and social interaction. ToM …

Theory of mind, or" mindreading" as it is termed in this book, is the ability to think about
beliefs, desires, knowledge and intentions. It has been studied extensively by …

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on
prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories …

A new proposal for integrating the employment of formal and empirical methods in the study
of human reasoning. In Human Reasoning and Cognitive Science, Keith Stenning and …

A standard view in the neuroscience literature is that the frontal lobes sustain our ability to
process others' mental states such as beliefs, intentions and desires (this ability is often …

Young children spend a large portion of their time pretending about non‐real situations.
Why? We answer this question by using the framework of Bayesian causal models to argue …

A model of the functional and anatomical basis of belief reasoning is essential for
understanding the relationship between belief reasoning and other cognitive processes in …

A powerful feature of human thinking is the ability to reflect on how the world might have
otherwise been, or how it might be under different circumstances rather than how it is …

In this article, the author discusses the limitations of the egocentric view of self in which self
serves as an automatic filter, inhibiting access to alternative representations of others' …