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Theory of mind in nonhuman primates: A question of language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Colin Gray  and
Phil Russell
Colin Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotlandc.gray@abdn.ac.uk www.psyc.abdn.ac.uk/dept/staff/gray.html
Phil Russell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotlandc.gray@abdn.ac.uk www.psyc.abdn.ac.uk/dept/staff/gray.html
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Abstract

Two substantive comments are made. The first is methodological, and concerns Heyes's proposals for a critical test for theory of mind. The second is theoretical, and concerns the appropriateness of asking questions about theory of mind in nonhuman primates. Although Heyes warns against the apparent simplicity of the theory of mind hypothesis, she underplays the linguistic implications.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 121
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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