Meeting of minds: the medial frontal cortex and social cognition
Social interaction is a cornerstone of human life, yet the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition are poorly understood. Recently, research that integrates approaches fro...
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Mindblindness
In Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading." He argues that we mindread all the time, effortlessly, automatically, and...
The Poetics of Mind: Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding
1. Introduction and Overview 2. Thinking and Speaking Literally 3. Figurative Language Understanding: A Special Process? 4. Metaphor in Language and Thought 5. Understanding Met...
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and its correlates
This paper describes a questionnaire measure of self‐reported failures in perception, memory, and motor function. Responses to all questions tend to be positively correlated, an...
AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations
This article reports the findings of AI4People, an Atomium—EISMD initiative designed to lay the foundations for a “Good AI Society”. We introduce the core opportunities and risk...
Autism: Explaining the Enigma
Preface to the Second Edition. 1. What is Autism? 2. The Enchantment of Autism. 3. Lessons from History. 4. Is there an Autism Epidemic? 5. Mind-reading and Mind-Blindness. 6. A...
Physician burnout: contributors, consequences and solutions
Abstract Physician burnout, a work‐related syndrome involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment, is prevalent internationall...