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The interpersonal foundations of thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

R. Peter Hobson
R. Peter Hobson*
Affiliation:
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, LondonWC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
*
r.hobson@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Tomasello et al. provide a convincing account of the origins of cultural cognition. I highlight how emotionally grounded sharing of experiences (not merely or predominantly intentions) is critical for the development of interpersonal understanding and perspective-sensitive thinking. Such sharing is specifically human in quality as well as motivation, and entails forms of self–other connectedness and differentiation that are essential to communication and symbolic functioning.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 703 - 704
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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