Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that theory of mind skills contributed unique variance to individual differences in pragmatic language skills when measured concurrently, but not vice versa. Variat
The host Rob Pope, who was described as the "real life Forrest Gump" after running across the United States five times, interviews people who have achieved "superhuman" feats, such as Mark Beaumont, who cycled around the world in 78 days, and Diana Nyad, who completed a 110-mile swim fr...
In approaches to the theory of meaning that trace their lineage back to Frege, propositions are structured sentence meanings, construed as abstract objects. They intrinsically represent states of affairs and are the timeless bearers of truth-values. In virtue of this they are to be able to play...
In the sections below I summarize a program of study that has attempted to understand the role language plays in cognition and perception by manipulating linguistic variables and observing the effects of these manipulations on putatively nonverbal tasks. The logic is that insofar as normal performance...
The danger of such a method is that it tends to make the theories of the past square with the demands of a particular system of the present. The criticism in which it issues is external rather than immanent; and every writer, placed in a Procrustean frame, is adjusted to its plan and ...
the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory (Graen and Uhl-Bien, 1995; Dansereau et al., 1975). Both theories focus on the relationship between leaders and followers, suggesting that a high-quality relationship generates positive interactions between both parties. Furthermore, relational theories of ...
Answer to: Critics of ___ argue that the philosophy ignores blatant wrongs such as theft or murder. A. utilitarianism B. Kant's moral theory C...
The Information Theory of Aging (ITOA) states that the aging process is driven by the progressive loss of youthful epigenetic information, the retrieval of which via epigenetic reprogramming can improve the function of damaged and aged tissues by catalyzing age reversal. This is a preview of ...
‘Social constructivist theories’ assert that theory of mind is embodied in the folk ways and speech practices of a culture and theory of mind develops as children participate in interaction and dialogue with more knowledgeable members of the culture. ...
At the core of what defines us as humans is the concept of theory of mind: the ability to track other people’s mental states. The recent development of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has led to intense debate about the possibility that these models exhibit behaviour that is...