In this article, we review the influence of early social interaction on the development of
executive function and language in infants. We first define social interaction, executive …

What is phenomenology? This chapter addresses this question by reviewing some classic
definitions and then by looking briefly at the historical development of phenomenology …

The Phenomenological Mind, Third Edition introduces fundamental questions about the
mind from the perspective of phenomenology. One of the outstanding books in the field, now …

Shaun Gallagher presents a ground-breaking interdisciplinary account of human action,
bringing out its essentially social dimension. He explores and synthesizes the different …

Neonatal imitation is a cornerstone in many theoretical accounts of human development and
social behavior, yet its existence has been debated for the past 40 years. To examine …

Pregnancy presents some interesting challenges for the philosophy of embodied cognition.
Mother and fetus are generally considered to be passive during pregnancy, both individually …

More than 35 years ago, Meltzoff and Moore (1977) published their famous article,“Imitation
of facial and manual gestures by human neonates.” Their central conclusion, that neonates …

After re-reading essay “The Comparative Psychology of Intelligence” with all the associated
commentaries, I was struck by how contemporary many of the arguments and counter …

This theoretical article aims to create a conceptual framework for future research on digital
methods for assessing cognition in children through estimating shared intentionality …

Ordinary language in Western and non-Western cultures individuates shared mental states
or experiences as unitary interpersonal events that belong to more than one individual …