Theory of Mind (ToM) is based on mental states such as beliefs, desires, hopes, and fears, and posits that humans understand and predict the behavior of other social beings by attributing these mental states to them and utilizing implicit knowledge of how these states interact to generate behavior.

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• Person: Not available Organization: MIT Press
  Self-Consciousness - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science

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• Self-Consciousness - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu MIT Press via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• mental states concept
• theory of mind concept
• beliefs concept
• desire concept