theory of mind
See also: Theory of Mind
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theory of mind (countable and uncountable, plural theories of mind)
- (psychology) The ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking.
- Antonym: mindblindness
- Lack of theory of mind is a classic symptom of autism-spectrum disorders
- 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 7, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
- Older kids understand more broadly that other people have different thoughts, beliefs, and knowledge than they, the landmark of achieving Theory of Mind (ToM).
- (psychology, by extension) The intellectual ability to understand that different persons (other than the self) might have different intentions and knowledge.
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ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking
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- theory of mind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia