Robert Seyfarth: Theory of Mind
Robert Seyfarth talks about how children develop a 'theory of mind'. Download Quicktime version (720p HD): http://c0116791.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Theory-of-Mind-Robert-Seyfarth-RDF...
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'Theory of mind' - Beginning about 15 years ago there's one property of human intelligence that science has got very interested in and it's called having a theory of mind. The best way to describe it is to describe a classic experiment with human children. So imagine you're sitting around and you're telling stories with your younger sister. And you tell this story: Well here's Sally. Sally has a ball she really likes and she's gonna put it in the basket which is right there in front of her, she hides the ball in the basket and here's Ann, Sally's friend, and they're playing together. And Sally then says: 'I've gotta go to the bathroom, so I'm gonna leave the room.' And when she leaves the r...
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'Theory of mind' - Beginning about 15 years ago there's one property of human intelligence that science has got very interested in and it's called having a theory of mind. The best way to describe it is to describe a classic experiment with human children. So imagine you're sitting around and you're telling stories with your younger sister. And you tell this story: Well here's Sally. Sally has a ball she really likes and she's gonna put it in the basket which is right there in front of her, she hides the ball in the basket and here's Ann, Sally's friend, and they're playing together. And Sally then says: 'I've gotta go to the bathroom, so I'm gonna leave the room.' And when she leaves the r...
