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Is mental time travel a frame-of-reference issue?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2007

Doris Bischof-Köhler  and
Norbert Bischof
Doris Bischof-Köhler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Munich, D-80802 Munich, Germany. bischof@psy.uni-muenchen.dehttp://www.bischof.combischof@psy.uni-muenchen.dehttp://www.bischof.com
Norbert Bischof
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Munich, D-80802 Munich, Germany. bischof@psy.uni-muenchen.dehttp://www.bischof.combischof@psy.uni-muenchen.dehttp://www.bischof.com
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Abstract

Mental time travel and theory of mind develop, both phylo- and ontogenetically, at the same stage. We argue that this synchrony is due to the emergence of a shared competence, namely, the ability to become aware of frames of reference.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 316 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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