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Mental State Reasoning

Mental State Reasoning is a formal framework within commonsense reasoning that enables the inference and interpretation of agents' beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions to predict, explain, or evaluate behavior in social and interactive contexts.

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23.2K

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466

Authors

253

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2017–2026

41

Variants

Theory Of Mind Reasoning

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Publications

160

Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind?

David Premack, Guy Woodruff · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1978 · 8.6K citations · Full text

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Exploring ‘theory of mind’ in people with schizophrenia

Chris Frith, Rhiannon Corcoran · Psychological Medicine · 1996 · 803 citations

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The acquisition of mental verbs: A systematic investigation of the first reference to mental state

Marilyn Shatz, Henry M. Wellman, Sharon Silber · Cognition · 1983 · 754 citations

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Disruption of the right temporoparietal junction with transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the role of beliefs in moral judgments

Liane Young, Joan A. Camprodon, Marc D. Hauser et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 590 citations · Full text

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“Theory of Mind” in Asperger's Syndrome Dermot M. Bowler

Dermot Bowler · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 1992 · 536 citations

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Authors

466

  1. LY
    Liane Young

    Boston College, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. RS
    Rebecca Saxe

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

    8

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  3. JD
    James Dungan

    Boston College, United States

    4 publications · 375 citations

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  4. HM
    Henry M. Wellman

    University of Michigan, United States

    4 publications · 986 citations

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  5. VS
    Virginia Slaughter

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    4 publications · 507 citations

    4

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Institutions

253

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    322 citations

  5. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    350 citations

  6. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    841 citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    865 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    7 publications · 874 citations

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  2. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

    SCAN · 7 publications · 456 citations

    7

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  3. British Journal of Developmental Psychology

    6 publications · 580 citations

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  4. Developmental Psychology

    6 publications · 225 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 418 citations

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