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Intentionality Inference

Intentionality Inference is a theoretical construct in social cognition that identifies the attribution of purposeful mental states, such as goals or desires, to agents based on observable behavioral cues, distinguishing it from mere perceptual or reflexive social judgments.

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199

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2017–2026

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86

How we know our minds: The illusion of first-person knowledge of intentionality

Alison Gopnik · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1993 · 962 citations

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Reading Hidden Intentions in the Human Brain

John­–Dylan Haynes, Katsuyuki Sakai, Geraint Rees et al. · Current Biology · 2007 · 724 citations

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Acting Intentionally and the Side-Effect Effect

Alan M. Leslie, Joshua Knobe, Adam Cohen · Psychological Science · 2006 · 329 citations

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Young Children Use Statistical Sampling to Infer the Preferences of Other People

Tamar Kushnir, Fei Xu, Henry M. Wellman · Psychological Science · 2010 · 266 citations

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Accurate judgments of intention from motion cues alone: A cross-cultural study

H. Clark Barrett, Peter M. Todd, Geoffrey F. Miller et al. · Evolution and Human Behavior · 2005 · 196 citations

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Authors

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  1. FV
    Frank Van Overwalle

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    4 publications · 272 citations

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  2. DT
    David Trafimow

    New Mexico State University, United States

    4 publications · 79 citations

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  3. JS
    James S. Uleman

    New York University, United States

    4 publications · 339 citations

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  4. JS
    Jamie S. Hughes

    New Mexico State University, United States

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  5. MV
    Marie Vandekerckhove

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    3 publications · 197 citations

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Institutions

124

  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    891 citations

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1K citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    190 citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. New Mexico State University

    Las Cruces, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    70 citations

  6. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    289 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    881 citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    5 publications · 281 citations

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  2. Cognition

    4 publications · 177 citations

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  3. Psychological Science

    3 publications · 622 citations

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  4. Developmental Psychology

    3 publications · 156 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 182 citations

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