Development and preliminary application of an instrument to detect partial dissociation of emotional mental state knowledge and non-emotional mental state knowledge.

Theory of mind is the ability to have mental states about mental states. Among theories concerning the structure and role of theory of mind is the view that theory of mind is the cognitive component of empathy. It is proposed that there is partial dissociation within theory of mind between emotional...

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Main Author: Scheepers, Stefan.
Other Authors: Spurrett, David.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5060