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Mindreading: An Investigation into How We Learn to Love

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Author: Sanjida O'ConnellEdition: 1
Publisher: DoubledayISBN-10: 038548402X
Category: PsychologyISBN-13: 9780385484022
 --Format: Hardcover
 --Publication Year: 1998
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A science writer explains how humans "read" each other's behavior, and looks to primates for the source of this ability.

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Length:272 pages
Height:9.8 in.
Width:6.5 in.
Thickness:1.2 in.
Weight:18.4 oz.

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"I know what youre thinking," we say, but how do we know what others are thinking or feeling? Because evolution has granted us what has come to be known as "Theory of Mind," the ability not only to be self-aware but aware of others consciousness. Theory of Mind develops slowly-and in some cases, such as autism, develops little or not at all. Theory of Mind allows us to interact socially, to care about others, to manage our behavior in groups, to fall in love, and--less admirably--it allows us to lie. Some of the subject matter covered in Mindreading: You are less likely to detect lies told to you by your longterm partner than by a new acquaintance. Female babies react more strongly and more often to another babys cries than male babies. In other words, female children are more predisposed to become personally distressed by emotion in others and to cry in sympathy. In general, the female brain is superior to the male brain when it comes to social relationships; the male brain is better at spatial skills. People with autism follow the male trend, but to a much greater extreme. Autistics, like many normal men, collect things, focus on what seems to others to be trivial detail, and have a narrow range of interests. Could autism be an extreme form of the male brain? For evolutionary reasons, you should take very good care to detect eye gaze, because when another animal is looking at you it can mean one of the three F's. Either the animal wants to fight you, feed on you, or mate with you.
How we react to one another socially is the most important aspect of our lives. Without a Theory of Mind, we could not predict what others are likely to do, feel, or believe; we could not love, lie, cheat, communicate, or develop mature relationships. In Mindreading, Sanjida O'Connell relates the fascinating case studies and findings of scientists (including herself) who study Theory of Mind, and offers compelling insights on the human condition.

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The title of this debut by British science journalist O'Connell refers not to clairvoyance, but to the means by which we try to understand what lies behind other people's words and gestures and how we "respond to them." For the author, how we quickly get a fix on people and their motives underpins all human communication, empathy and deception. Beginning with attempts in philosophy and cognitive science to articulate our assumptions about such aspects of human nature, O'Connell quickly extends her scope to include our cousins, the primates; she considers extensive evidence as to whether they share our ability to suss each other out and analyzes traits we have in common in order to shed light on our possible evolutionary makeup. While the book sometimes reads like the Ph.D. thesis on the "Theory of Mind in Chimpanzees" that O'Connell says "formed the backbone" of this effort, she usefully examines differences in how autistic, psychopathic and normal people of various ages read each other, as well as the social behavior of brain-damaged individuals. Anyone interested in our increasingly biologically determined theories of behavior and ethics will benefit from this competent overview of how we think others think. (May)
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Sanjida O'Connell

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Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
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ISBN: 038548402X
Publication Date: 1998-04-13
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages: 288
Height: 1.2500 inches
Width: 6.5000 inches
Weight: 1.1600 pounds

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