Shah, Punit and Catmur, C. and Bird, Geoffrey (2017) From heart to mind: linking interoception, emotion, and theory of mind. [Letter]
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Abstract
Theory of Mind (ToM) is traditionally characterized as the ability to represent mental states. Such a characterization leaves little room for studying individual differences in ToM – individuals either can, or cannot, represent mental states – and this binary classification cannot quantify the subtle individual differences observed in typical and atypical populations. In recognition of this problem, attempts have been made to provide a more detailed characterization of the constituent psychological processes which support the representation of mental states (Happé et al., 2017, Schaafsma et al., 2015), and the neurocomputational principles underpinning ToM (Koster-Hale & Saxe, 2013), in order to identify the source of individual differences. A recent model is of interest as it forwards the novel argument that interoception, perception of the internal state of the body, is a fundamental component of ToM (Ondobaka, Kilner, & Friston, 2017). Here we report the first test of the link between interoception and ToM.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Letter |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Mentalizing, Theory of mind, Interoception, Cardiac perception, Emotion, Predictive coding, Insula, Alexithymia, Mindreading |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2017 13:01 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2025 19:02 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19082 |
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