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The space in between: The development of joint thinking and planning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Jennifer M. Jenkins  and
Keith Oatley
Jennifer M. Jenkins*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West, TorontoM5S1V6, Canadahttp://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~jjenkins/
Keith Oatley*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West, TorontoM5S1V6, Canadahttp://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~jjenkins/
*
jenny.jenkins@utoronto.ca
koatley@oise.utoronto.ca
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Abstract:

We argue that theory-of-mind understanding has developed to facilitate joint thinking and planning, defined as the creation of new mental objects that could not have been created by one mind. Three components of this ability are proposed: the mental architecture indexed by false belief understanding, domain-specific knowledge, and the prioritization of the joint mind over the individual mind.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 112 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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