Origins of the social mind : evolutionary and developmental views /

Focuses on the evolutionary and developmental origins of the social mind, bringing together various segregated views on social cognition in the two fields of developmental psychology and primatology. This book covers such topics as the phylogeny of social intelligence and social cognition. It is sui...

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Other Authors: Fujita, Kazuo, 1953-, Itakura, Shōji, 1959-, Itakura, Shōji, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo ; New York : Springer, c2008
Tokyo ; New York : ©2008
Tokyo ; New York : c2008
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Table of Contents:
  • Social intelligence in Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
  • Communication between mother and infant chimpanzees and its role in the evolution of social intelligence
  • Primates' use of others' gaze
  • How to build a scrub-jay that reads minds
  • Cooperation in keas: social and cognitive factors
  • Differences between acting as if one is experiencing pain and acting as if one is pretending to have pain among actors at three expertise levels
  • Homo negotiatus: ontogeny of the unique ways humans own, share and reciprocate
  • Little liars: origins of verbal deception in children
  • Discovering ming: development of mentalizing in human children