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On the dangers of oversimulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Gergely Csibra
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Cognitive Development Unit, London WC1H OBT, England; g.csibra@cdu.ucl.ac.uk
György Gergely
Affiliation:
Institute for Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, H-1394Hungary; gergely@cogpsyphy.hu

Abstract

Barresi & Moore fail to provide a satisfactory account for the development of social understanding because of (1) their ambiguous characterization of the relationship between the intentional schema and shared intentional activities, (2) their underestimation of the representational capacities of infants, and (3) their overreliance on the simulationist assumption that understanding others is tantamount to sharing their experience.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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