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Arch Neurocien 2023; 28 (1)

The theory of mind construct

López-Valdés JC, Jiménez-Ponce F

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 6-7
PDF size: 136.23 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Dear Editor:

After reading our peer Parra-Medina´s manuscript entitled “Mente y cerebro: From the Egyptians to Cajal and the neuromyths”, we agree with the author regarding the contributions of some philosophers before Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), as well as with the ideas of the Spanish physician on the subject of consciousness and human mind. However, we consider that despite the uncertainty about a well-defined primary location for consciousness and/or human mind, this has become an important topic for medical and psychosocial research. Presently, the understanding about “social cognition”, by means of the questions, such as what are mental states, how are they represented, and how does our brain allow us to understand other mind, is the basis of the theory of mind (ToM).


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