Mindreading: An Investigation Into How We Learn to Love and Live

O'Connell, Sanjida

ISBN 10: 038548402X / ISBN 13: 9780385484022

Published by Doubleday, New York, USA, 1998

About this Item

Hardcover with light blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 566gms, 272 pages, dark blue endpapers. The first popular book on 'Theory of Mind' - how we learn to "read" other people's emotions, beliefs and expectations. Book is in very good condition with only very minor general wear and tear. Boards and dust jacket are also in very good condition with only light shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.

Seller Inventory # PSY144

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mindreading: An Investigation Into How We Learn to Love and Live
• Publisher: Doubleday, New York, USA
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038548402X
• ISBN 13: 9780385484022
• Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology

About this title

Synopsis

A fascinating, popular account of the nascent field of psychology devoted to the "Theory of Mind" shows how humans' awareness of the inner worlds of others enables them to form mature relationships with them as well as to deceive them.

From the Inside Flap

what you're thinking," we say, but how do we know what others are thinking or feeling? Because evolution has granted us what has come to be known as "Theory of Mind," the ability not only to be self-aware but aware of others' consciousness. Theory of Mind develops slowly-and in some cases, such as autism, develops little or not at all. Theory of Mind allows us to interact socially, to care about others, to manage our behavior in groups, to fall in love, and--less admirably--it allows us to lie.



Some of the subject matter covered in Mindreading:



You are less likely to detect lies told to you by your longterm partner than by a new acquaintance.Female babies react more strongly and more often to another baby's cries than male babies. In other words, female children are more predisposed to become personally distressed by emotion in others and to cry in sympathy.In general, the female brain is superior to the male brain when